Be-hlídan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-hlídan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-hlídan

p. -hlád, pl. -hlidon; pp. -hliden [hlídan to cover] To cover over, to cover, close; tegere, claudere :-- Híg awylton ðone stán, and ðone pytt eft behlidon thei schulden turne awei the stoon, and thei schulden put. it eft on the pit, Wyc; Gen. 29, 3. Seó eorþe siððan togædere behlád the earth then closed together, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 6. be-hlidan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚻᛚᛁᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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