Be-licgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-licgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: he -ligeþ, -líþ, Related words: a.

Definitions

1 be-licgan

pl. -licgaþ; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon, -lágon; pp. -legen; [be by, licgan to lie] To lie or extend by or about, to surround, encompass; circumdare, cingere :-- Hí belicgaþ us mid fyrde circumdabunt nos exercitu, Jos. 7, 9. Sió eá Etheopia land beligeþ úton the river encompasseth the Ethiopian land, Cd. 12; Th. 15, 7; Gen. 229. Me néd belæg want surrounded me, Ps. Th. 118, 153. be-licgan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛚᛁᚳᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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