befran in Old English

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      "form": "befrān",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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        "first/third-person singular preterite indicative of befriġnan"
      ],
      "id": "en-befran-ang-verb-~5uqHC-f",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/beˈfrɑːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "befran"
}

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    {
      "form": "befrān",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "ang",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "befrān"
      },
      "expansion": "befrān",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Old English non-lemma forms",
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        "Rhymes:Old English/ɑːn",
        "Rhymes:Old English/ɑːn/2 syllables"
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first/third-person singular preterite indicative of befriġnan"
      ],
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        [
          "befriġnan",
          "befrignan#Old_English"
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/beˈfrɑːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "befran"
}

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"befran" meaning in Old English

Verb