Be-siftan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-siftan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-siftan

p. te To sift over, cover by sifting, sprinkle with dust :-- Ealle heora heáfda wǽron mid duste besyfte, Homl. S. 23, 155. Cf. be-seón to sprinkle. be-siftan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᛁᚠᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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