Be-ceápian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-ceápian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: be-cýpan, ceápian. be-ceapian

Definitions

1 be-ceápian

p. ode; pp. od To sell; vendere :-- He sceolde ealle his wélan beceápian he should sell all his wealth, Homl. Th. i. 62, 3. Se ðe sóþfæstnysse beceápaþ wið feó he who sells truth for money, ii. 244, 24. Hí beceápodon heora ǽhta they sold their possessions, i. 316, 4,11, 31. Beceápa ealle ðíne ǽhta sell all thy possessions, ii. 400, 12.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚳᛖᚪᛈᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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