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Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-sylian

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Definitions

Definitions

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1 be-sylian

p. ede; pp. ed To soil, stain; maculare, inquinare :-- Besyled stained; maculatus, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 18 : Elen. Kmbl. 1390; El. 697.
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚣᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
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