Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-creópan

Related words: l.

Definitions

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1 be-creópan

Substitute: To creep, reach by creeping:--Becreáp (ge-, ), þǽr inn tó þám hálgan men sum swýðe unhýre nǽddre, Gr. D. 211, 13. Hí Timotheum ácwealdon þǽr ðǽr hé becropen wæs, Hml. S. 25, 502: Met. 25, 36. be-creopan

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚳᚱᛖᚩᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.: Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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