Be-wendan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-wendan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: wendan. be-wendan

Definitions

1 be-wendan

p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend To turn, turn round or about, convert; vertere, convertere :-- Bewend to ðære menigu conversus ad turbam, Mk. Bos. 5, 30. Se Hǽlend bewende hyne the Saviour turned himself about, Mt. Bos. 9, 22 : Mk. Bos. 8, 33. Æt sumum cyrre bewend aliquando conversus, Lk. Foxe 22, 32.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚹᛖᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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