Be-wenian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-wenian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-wenian

p. ede; pp. ed [be, wenian to accustom, draw to one's self, honour] To entertain, take care of; hospitio accipere :-- We wǽron hér tela bewenede we were here kindly entertained, Beo. Th. 3646, note; B. 1821. Dryht-bearn Dena duguþa bewenede [MS. and Thorpe's note, 4077; bí werede, B. 2035] a noble offspring of the Danes entertained the knights, 4077, note. be-wenian

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ᛒᛖ-ᚹᛖᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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