Be-witian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-witian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -witigan, -weotian; Related words:

Definitions

1 be-witian

p. ode; pp. od To observe, take care of, administer, perform; observare, curæ habere, exsequi, peragere :-- Ne mágon hí tunglu bewitian they may not observe the heavenly bodies, Exon. 89 b; Th. 335, 31; Gn. Ex. 40. Hí oft bewitigaþ sorgfulne síþ they often perform a sorrowful journey, Beo. Th. 2861; B. 1428 : Exon. 12 b; Th. 22, 18; Cri. 353. be-witian

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚹᛁᛏᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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