The Old English passive voice is periphrastic; madeup from the auxiliaries weorðan or beon/wesan and the passive participle of the main verb. There does not seem to be a significant difference in the choice of auxiliaries, though beon/wesan more often refers to the state resulting from some action rather than to the action itself (Molencki 2017: 116). ). In this case, the second argument (theme) of a three-place verb is passivized.
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