Be-yrnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-yrnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -irnan; he -yrnþ; Related words:

Definitions

1 be-yrnan

p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen [be by, yrnan to run] To run by, to come in, occur, incur; percurrere :-- Be-arn me on móde it occurred to my mind, Homl. Th. i. 2, 6. Án wundor me nú on mód be-arn one wonder now [runs by me into the mind] occurs to me, Dial. 1, 20. He ne be-arn on leásunga synne he incurred not the sin of [leasing] lying, Dial. 1, 2 : Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 1; Lchdm. iii. 244, 20. be-yrnan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚣᚱᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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