A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ behāt] n. promise, vow, Æ: threat.

[ behātan⁷] (often w. d. pers.) to promise, vow, pledge oneself, Æ; CP: threaten. [‘behight’]

[ behātland] n. promised land, GD 204¹².

[ behāwian] to see clearly, take care, consider, Mt. [‘bihowe’]

[ behēafdian] to ‘behead,’ Mt; Æ, AO.

[ behēafdung] f. beheading, Æ.

[ behēafodlic] capital (punishment), OEG 4042.

[ behealdan⁷] to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, KC; CP: contain: keep, observe, consider, Bl, Ps; AO, CP: to ‘behold,’ look at, gaze on, observe, see, Gen; Æ, CP: signify, Æ: avail, effect: take care, beware, be cautious, CP: act, behave.

[ behealdend] m. beholder, spectator, BH 26²³.

[ behealdennes] f. observance, DR: continence, DR.