Be-hwylfan

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be-hwylfan

l. be-hwilfan, and substitute:--Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorðe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra þonne befæðman mæge . . . eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor heaven and earth cannot form a vault that shall cover his glory's word, too wide and too ample for the globe and the firmament on high to embrace, Exod. 426. be-hwylfan