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† biˈfel-e, v. Obs.
[Com. WGer.: OE. befeolan = OS. and OHG. bifelhan (MHG. bevelhen, mod.G. befehlen, MDu. and Du. bevelen), f. bi-, be- + felhan, in ON. fela to hide, bury, entrust, Goth. filhan to hide, bury. An important vb. in Ger. and Du., but early lost in Eng.]
trans. To commit, entrust, consign, grant.
c1000Ags. Ps. lxxii. 14 [lxxiii. 18] Þu him for inwite, yfel befæle. c1175Lamb. Hom. 123 On helle þe we weren in bifolen þurh ure eldra gult. |