Be-sleán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-sleán

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-sleán

p. -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slagen; -slægen, -slegen; instr. To beat, strike or cut off, take away, bereave; decollare, cædendo orbare, privare :-- Ðǽr wæs heáfde beslagen se strengesta martyr sanct Albanus decollatus itaque martyr fortissimus sanctus Albanus, there the bravest martyr, St. Alban, was beheaded, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 33. He beslóh synsceaðan gewealde he bereft the impious of power, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 17; Gen. 55. Wuduwan freóndum beslægene widows bereft of friends, 94; Th. 121, 15; Gen. 2010. be-slean

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᛚᛖᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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