Be-dydrian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-dydrian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ll.

Definitions

1 be-dydrian

Add: I. to delude:--Bedydrode lubricat, lubricos facit, decipit, An. Ox. 50, 30. Se swicola feónd hí swíðe bedydrode, swilce ðǽr sum hús sóðlíce forburne, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 15: 166, 9. Þá dwolmen hine bedydrodon, Hml. S. 3, 316, 320. God sylf forbeád ꝥ wé swefnum ne folgion, þe lǽs ðe se deófol ús bedydrian (bedrian, Glostr. Frag. 10, 30) mæge, 21, 413. II. to conceal from (wið):--Se swicola bedyddrað (-dyderað, -dydrað, ) his dǽda wið menn, ac hí beóð geopenode oft unþances, Hml. S. 19, 174. [Itt maȝȝ þe wrecche follc forrblendenn and bididdrenn, Orm. 15391.] be-dydrian

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛞᚣᛞᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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