á-bíwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: . -beówan (-býwan, v. Related words:

Definitions

Dict. ), to rub up, polish, burnish, scour :-- Ǽren fæt nyþewerd ábýwed, Lch. iii. 292, 10. Ábeówed defricatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 26. a-biwan

ᚪ-ᛒᛁᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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"Fornjóts synir eru á landi komnir"