Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-syrwan

Part of speech: -syrewian, -syrian, -serian; Related words: syrwan. be-syrwan

Definitions

1 definitions

1 be-syrwan

p. -syrwde; pp. -syrwed To ensnare, deceive; circumvenire, decipere, machinari :-- Ðæt híg woldon ðone Hǽlend mid fácne besyrwan ut Iesum dolo tenerent, Mt. Bos. 26, 4. Mynte se mánscaða manna cynnes sumne besyrwan the wicked spoiler expected to ensnare one of the race of men, Beo. Th. 1430; B. 713 : 1888; B. 942 : Cd. 127; Th. 162, 13; Gen. 2680.

Similar Words

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

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚣᚱᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Beo.: Beowulf
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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