Be-slépan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-slépan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: slépan. be-slepan

Definitions

1 be-slépan

p. -slépte; subj. pl. -slépen; pp. -sléped, -slépt To slip, lay, place, put, and with the preposition on on, upon, - to slip, put or lay on, to impose, clothe; ponere, imponere, induere :-- Hú hefig geoc he beslépte on ealle how heavy a yoke he laid on all! Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 16. Beslépen hí on hý bysmor induantur confusione! Ps. Th. 34, 24. Beslépte mid gyldnum fnasum in fimbriis aureis circumamicta, 44, 15.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᛚᛖᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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