Be-sceáwian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-sceáwian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-sceáwian

p. ode; pp. od To look round upon, look on, consider, regard, watch; circumspicere, intueri, considerare, respicere, perscrutari, providere :-- Hí besceáwigende circumspiciens eos, Mk. Bos. 3, 5. Ic onlócige, oððe ic besceáwige intueor, Ælfc. Gr. 27; Som. 29, 60. Besceáwiaþ æcyres lílian considerate lilia agri, Mt. Bos. 6, 28. Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád non respicis personam hominum, Mt. Bos. 22, 16. Ðæt he Alexandres [wisan] besceáwode that he might watch Alexander's conduct, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 82, 22 : R. Ben. 55. DER. sceáwian. be-sceawian

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ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚳᛖᚪᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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