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be-cirran

  • verb [ weak ]
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be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).
to turn round, about
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  • Ðonne bið sió cweorn becierred (-cirred, v. l.) ðonne se monn BIð geendod; ðonne bið sió micle cweorn becierred (-cirred, v. l.) ðonne ðeós weorld bið geendod,

      Past. 31, 21.
to go round, pass by, avoid
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  • Sume unðeáwas ðæt mód ǽr gesihð and útan becierð (declinat); ðæt is ðæt hit ðá ungedónan foreðoncelíce becierre, swá se stióra déð; sume ýða hé becerð mld ðý scipe,

      Past. 433, 4-7.

  • Ðá se Hǽlend ðæt ongeat, ðá becierde (fugit), (-cirde v. l.) hé hié ,

      33, 15.

  • Hé walde bicerra (praeterire) hiǽ,

      Mk. R. L. 6, 48.
to turn, pervert, seduce
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  • Þú ne miht mé becyrran of mínum rihtan geleáfan, ne fram mínum rihthláforde,

      Hml. A. 173, 103.
to beguile, deceive; cf. colloquial to get round a person
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  • Hé cwæð ꝥ hé gesícled wǽre, and swá ꝥ folc becyrde (beswác, v. l.)

    • Chr. 1003
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    • Th. 252, 30.

  • Cyrtenysse (wǽre) becyrred

    venustate caperetur,

      An. Ox. 5258.
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    Þurh þe smel of þe chese he bicherreð monie mus to þe stoke,

      O. E. Homl. i. 53, 22.

  • Þe deuel mid his hinderworde bicherde Adam,

      ii. 59, 19.

  • Hii wolleþ us bicheorre (biwiȝelien, 1st MS.) þorh hire wise craftes,

      Laym. 969.

  • Herkne nu, we nelleþ þe nouht bicherre,

      Misc. 46, 324.
Etymology
O. Frs. bi-kera.
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v.  be-cerran be-cyrran.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-cirran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/39640.

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