[ befiod] (HGl 480) pp. of [befēon].
[ beflēan6] to peel, skin, flay, WW. beflagen flǣsc entrails. [‘beflay’]
[ beflēogan2] to fly upon, BH. [‘befly’]
[ beflēon2] (w. a.) to flee from, flee, escape, avoid, Ps; CP. [‘beflee’]
[ beflōwan7] to flow round, over, Wif. [‘beflow’]
[ befōn7] to surround, clasp, include, envelop, encase, clothe, Bl; Æ, AO, CP: comprehend, seize, attach (at law), lay hold of, catch, ensnare, Gen: contain, receive, conceive: explain, CP. wordum b. tell, relate. on b. have to do with, engage in. [‘befong’]
befor = [befer]
[ beforan] I. prep. α. (w. d.) (local) ‘before,’ in front of, in the presence of: (temporal) before, prior to, sooner than. β. (w. a.) before.
[II.] adv. (local) before, in front: (temporal) before, formerly, in former times, earlier, sooner: at hand, openly.
[ beforhtian] to dread, Æ 23b525.