Be-geótan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-geótan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: bi-geótan; he -gýt; Related words:

Definitions

1 be-geótan

p. -geát, pl. -guton; pp. -goten, -geten [be, geótan to pour]. I. to pour out, to cast upon, to sprinkle, cover; aspergere :-- Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed, begoten of ðæs guman sídan I was wet with blood, poured from the man's side, Rood Kmbl. 97; Kr. 49. Mid blóde begoten sprinkled with blood, Chr. 734; Th. 76, 18 : Herb. 96, 4; Lchdm. i. 210, 3 : Rood Kmbl. 13; Kr. 7. II. to pour into; infundere :-- He me láre on gemynd begeát he poured knowledge into my mind, Elen. Kmbl. 2494; El. 1248. be-geotan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚷᛖᚩᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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