Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-stryðan

Related words: be-streðan. be-stryðan

Definitions

1 definitions

1 be-stryðan

p. ede, de; pp. ed To heap up, erect; aggerare, obducere :-- Bestryðed fæste firmly erected, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 29; Sch. 87 : Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, note 20.

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᛏᚱᚣᚦᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Exon.: Exeter Book
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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