Be-wépan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-wépan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-wépan

p. -weóp, pl. -weópon; pp. -wópen To weep, weep over, bewail; flere, deflere, plorare :-- Ic bewépe defleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 1; Som. 28, 28. Hí beweópon Aarones forþsíþ they bewailed Adron's death, Num. 20, 30. Wyduwan heora nǽron bewópene viduæ eorum non plorabantur, Ps. Lamb. 77, 64 : Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 51, 41. be-wepan

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ᛒᛖ-ᚹᛖᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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