Be-hýpan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-hýpan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 be-hýpan

p. -hýpte; pp. -hýped [hýpe a heap] To heap or cover over, surround, encompass; contegere, circumsepire, circumdare :-- He wæs mid wǽpnum and mid feóndum eall útan behýped cum armis et hostibus circumseptus erat, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 28. be-hypan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚻᚣᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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