Be-clypian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-clypian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: be-cleopian, be-clepian; Related words:

Definitions

1 be-clypian

p. ede, ode, ade; pp. ed, od, ad To accuse, summon, sue at law; accusare, in judicium vocare, judicio compellere :-- Ǽr he clǽne sý ǽlcere spæce, ðe he ǽr beclyped wæs before he be clear of every suit, in which he had been previously accused, L. C. S. 28; Th. i. 392, 12 : 31; Th. i; 394, 29 : 73; Th. i. 414, 23. be-clypian

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚳᛚᚣᛈᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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