† beˈdeal, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 bedǽlan, 3 bidælen, 2–3 bidelen.
[f. be- 3 + OE. dǽlan, to part, deal.]
trans. To deprive, bereave, free of.
| c 1000 ælfric Gen. xxvii. 45 Hwi sceal ic beon bedæled æᵹðer minra sunena. c 1200 Ormin 4676 Loc nu ȝiff þatt tu narrt..wittes bidæledd. 1205 Lay. 17364 Seouen þusend þer leien liues bidæled. a 1275 Prov. Alfred in O.E. Misc. 134 Gif þu i þin helde best welþes bi-delid. |