Be-licgan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-licgan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- be-licgan
- Add: I. to surround:--Ealne middangeard ymbféran swá gársecg beligeð orbi terrarum circumfluum nauigare oceanum, Nar. 20, 15. Ðæt innlond beligeð án dic útane, Cht. E. 161, 29. Italia land belíð Wendelsǽ ymb eall útan, Ors. I, 1; S. 22, 17. Seó heofon beligð on hyre bósme ealne middaneard, Angl. viii. 309, 46. Be gemǽre swá ðá ealdan díca beligcað, C. D. iii. 213, 6. II. to appertain (only late; see N. E. D. be-lie, 4):--Ic hebbe bicweðen Portland and eall ðæt ðértó bilýð, C. D. iO. Frs. bi-liga: O. H. Ger. pi-ligan opprimere, comprimere.] be-licgan