ge-bæran, w. v., _to conduct one's self, behave_: inf. w. adv., ne gefrägen ic þâ mægðe ... sêl gebæran, _I did not hear that a troop bore itself better, maintained a nobler deportment_, 1013; he on eorðan geseah þone leófestan lîfes ät ende bleáte gebæran, _saw the best-beloved upon the earth, at the end of his life, struggling miserably_ (i.e. in a helpless situation), 2825. ge-bætan (denominative from bæte, _the bit_), w. v., _to place the bit in the mouth of an animal, to bridle_: pret. part. þâ wäs Hrôðgâre hors gebæted, 1400. be, prep. w. dat. (with the fundamental meaning _near_, "but not of one direction, as ät, but more general"): 1) local, _near by, near, at, on_ (rest): be ýdlâfe uppe lægon, _lay above, upon the deposit of the waves_ (upon the strand, of the slain nixies), 566; häfde be honda, _held by the hand_ (Beówulf held Grendel), 815; be sæm tweonum, _in the circuit of both the seas_, 859, 1686; be mäste, _on the mast_, 1906; by fýre, _by the fire_, 2220; be nässe, _at the promontory_, 2244; sät be þæm gebrôðrum twæm, _sat by the two brothers_, 1192; wäs se gryre lässa efne swâ micle swâ bið mägða cräft be wæpnedmen, _the terror was just so much less, as is the strength of woman to the warrior_ (i.e. is valued by), 1285, etc.--2) also local, but of motion from the subject in the direction of the object, _on, upon, by_: gefêng be eaxle, _seized by the shoulder_, 1538; âlêdon leófne þeóden be mäste, _laid the dear lord near the mast_, 36; be healse genam, _took him by the neck, fell upon his neck_, 1873; wæpen hafenade be hiltum, _grasped the weapon by the hilt_, 1757, etc.--3) with this is connected the causal force, _on account of, for, according to_: ic þis gid be þe âwräc, _I spake this solemn speech for thee, for thy sake_, 1724; þû þe lær be þon, _learn according to this, from this_, 1723; be fäder lâre, _according to her father's direction_, 1951.--4) temporal, _while, during_: be þe lifigendum, _while thou livest, during thy life_, 2666. See bî. bed, st. n., _bed, couch_: acc. sg. bed, 140, 677; gen. sg. beddes, 1792; dat. pl. beddum, 1241.--Comp: deað-, hlin-, läger-, morðor-, wäl-bed. ge-bedde, w. f., _bed-fellow_: dat. sg. wolde sêcan ewên tô gebeddan, _wished to seek the queen as bed-fellow, to go to bed with her_, 666.--Comp. heals-gebedde. begen, fem. bâ, _both_: nom. m., 536, 770, 2708; acc. fem. on bâ healfa, _on two sides_ (i.e. Grendel and his mother), 1306; dat. m. bâm, 2197; and in connection with the possessive instead of the personal pronoun, ûrum bâm, 2661; gen. n. bega, 1874, 2896; bega gehwäðres, _each one of the two_, 1044; bega folces, of _both peoples_, 1125. ge-belgan, st. v. (properly, _to cause to swell, to swell_), _to irritate_: w. dat. (pret. subj.) þät he êcean dryhtne bitre gebulge, _that he had bitterly angered the eternal Lord_, 2332; pret. part. gebolgen, 1540; (gebolge, MS.), 2222; pl. gebolgne, 1432; more according to the original meaning in torne gebolgen, 2402.