Be-wefan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-wefan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-wefan

p. -wæf, pl. -wǽfon; pp. -wefen To cover over, envelope; obtexere, obducere :-- Biþ ðæt brægen mid reáman bewefen the brain is covered over with a membrane, Lchdm. iii. 146, 4. be-wefan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚹᛖᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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