Be-helian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-helian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: bi-helian; Related words: trans.

Definitions

1 be-helian

p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; [be, helian to cover] To cover, cover over, conceal, obscure, hide; condere, sepelire :-- Wurdon behelede ealle ða dúna operti sunt omnes montes, Gen. 7, 19. Se heofen mót ðæt leóht behelian the heaven may obscure the light, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 21 : Elen. Kmbl. 858; El. 429. be-helian

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚻᛖᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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