Be-leán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-leán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: leán. be-lean

Definitions

1 be-leán

p. -lóh, pl. -lógon; pp. -leahen To hinder by blame, reprehend, reprove, forbid; prohibere, reprobare, reprehendere :-- We lǽraþ ðæt preostas oferdruncen beleán óðrum mannum we enjoin that priests reprehend drunkenness in other men, L. Edg. C. 57; Th. ii. 256, 14. He him ðæt swýðe belóh hoc multum illi prohibuit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 28, note : Beo. Th. 1027; B. 511.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛚᛖᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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