Be-légan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-légan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: bi-légan; Related words: légan. be-legan

Definitions

1 be-légan

p. -légde; pp. -légd To surround with flame; circumflagrare flamma :-- Líge belégde surrounded with flame [Ger. umlodert mit lohe], Cd. 188; Th. 234, 22; Dan. 296.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛚᛖᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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