Be-ceówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-ceówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: bi-ceówan ; Related words:

Definitions

1 be-ceówan

p. -ceáw, pl. -cuwon ; pp. -cowen To chew, gnaw; corrodere :-- Biþ swyra becowen [bicowen, Exon.] the neck is gnawed, Soul Kmbl. 218; Seel. 111. be-ceowan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚳᛖᚩᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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