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. bānfatu bærnan,
_bade that the bodies be burned_, 1117; ongan . . . beorht hofu bærnan,
_began to consume the splendid country-seats_ (the dragon), 2314.

for-bærnan, w. v. , _consume with fire_: inf. hȳ hine ne mōston . . .
brondefor-bærnan, _they_ (the Danes) _could not burn him_ (the dead
Æschere) _upon the funeral-pile_, 2127.

bǣdan (Goth, baidjan, O. N. beðia), _to incite, to encourage_: pret.
bǣdde
byre geonge, _encouraged the youths_ (at the banquet), 2019.

ge-bǣdan, w. v. , _to press hard_: pret. part. bysigum gebǣded, _distressed
by trouble, difficulty, danger_ (of battle), 2581; _to drive, to send
forth_: strǣla storm strengum gebǣded, _the storm of arrows sent with
strength_, 3118; _overcome_: draca . . . bealwe gebǣded, _the dragon . . .
overcome by the ills of battle_, 2827.

bǣl (O. N. bāl), st. n.