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Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-westan

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Definitions

Definitions

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1 be-westan

prep, with dat. or ad :-- Bewestan Achaie is Dalmatia . . . ; besúþan Istria is se Wendelsǽ, and bewestan þá beorgas þe man hǽt Alpis . . . bewestan him Frofentsǽ, Ors. I. I; S. 22, 13, 15, 30. Beeástan him is se Risca sǽ, and bewestan Addriaticurn, S. 28, 1, 10. [N. E. D. be-west.] be-westan
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚹᛖᛋᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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