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Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of be

Old English beon, beom, bion "be, exist, come to be, become, happen"

from Proto-Germanic biju- "I am, I will be"

this b-root is from PIE root bheue- "to be, exist, grow"

The modern verb to be in its entirety represents the merger of two once-distinct verbs, the "b-root" represented by be and the am/was verb, which was itself a conglomerate.

be verb
  • to have presence in the realm of perceived reality; exist; live
  • (used in the perfect or past perfect tenses only)
    to pay a visit; go
  • to take place; occur
  • The above definitions are from Collins dictionary, with a few more (here not outlined) specifics of usage. Merriam-Webster offers a different outlook:
  • to equal in meaning; have the same connotation as; symbolize
  • to have identity with; to constitute the same idea or object as
  • to constitute the same class as
  • to have a specified qualification or characterization
  • to belong to the class of
  • to have an objective existence; have reality or actuality; live
  • to have, maintain, or occupy a place, situation, or position
  • to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted —used only in infinitive form
  • to take place; occur
  • to come or go
  • archaic: belong, befall

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Specific examples and quotes of be

"'To be', or as the German handbooks sometimes call it, the Verbum substantivum, is not a single 'verb', but a collection of semantically related paradigm-fragments - in the rest of Germanic as well as Old English."

"Old English"
by Roger Lass

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~☉~lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
classic definition
artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense
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