Be-sleán

According to the Old English Dictionary:

be-sleán

Add: I. trans. (1) to strike, smite, (a) lit. :-- Hé beslóh stán percussit petram, Ps. Spl. M. 77, 13. (b) fig. to strike with disease :-- Hé gewende mid snáwhwítum hreóflan beslagen, Hml. Th. i. 400, 29. (2) to deprive by a stroke (lit. or fig. ) of something (gen. inst.) :-- Hé wæs freónda gefylled on folcstede, beslagen (-slægen, -slegen, æt sæcce, Chr. 937 ; P. 108, 23. (3) to strike, place with violence, dash, inflict :-- Ic on besleá incutio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 169, 9. Ðurh ðone ðyrnenan helm on ðone Hǽlend beslagen, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 10. Mid on beslagenre wunde, 88, 23. II. intrans. (1) to strike, give a blow :-- Ic on besleá illido, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 171, 4. Gif mon æt blód-lǽtan on sinwe besleá, Lch. ii. 148, 19. Gif mon ðá sculdru in besleá if a blow is given that penetrates the shoulders, Ll. Th. i. 100, 1. (2) to strike, force a passage :-- þá beslóh se þorn on þone fót, and swá strang wæs se sting þæs þornes, þæt hé eóde þurh þone fót, Guthl. 68, 2. [O. Frs. bi-slá : O. H. Ger. pi-slahan stringere, verberare.] be-slean

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