Be-hwylfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-hwylfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: hwylfan. be-hwylfan

Definitions

1 be-hwylfan

p. -hwylfde; pp. -hwylfed To cover or vault over; operire, obruere :-- Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorþe his wuldres word the word of his glory may not cover over heaven and earth, Cd. 163; Th. 204, 28; Exod. 426.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚻᚹᚣᛚᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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