Æt-befón
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - æt-befón
According to the Old English Dictionary:
ic -befó;
- æt-befón
- subj. ic, he -befó [æt, be, fón] To take to, attach; deprehendere, capere, invenire :-- Gif hwá befó ðæt him losod wæs, cenne se ðe he hit ætbefó hwanon hit him cóme if any one attach that which he had lost, let him with whom he attaches it declare whence it came to him, L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 15: L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 22.