Be-grétan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-grétan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -grǽtan; Related words: grétan. be-gretan

Definitions

1 be-grétan

p. -grét, pl. -gréton; pp. -gréten, -grǽten To lament, bewail; lamentare, deplorare :-- Fæmnan ne wǽran geonge begrétte virgines eorum non sunt lamentatæ, Ps. Th. 77, 63.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚷᚱᛖᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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