Be-sceáwian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

be-sceáwian

Add: I. to contemplate, behold:- -- Seó sáwel on ánre tíde besceáwað heofonan and ofer sǽflýhð, Hml. S. 1, 12. ). Besceáwiað contemplantur (Procontemplarer, Hpt. Gl. 404, 34. II. to consider :-- For hwig ne besceáwost þú on þýnre heortan . . . hú Crýst on Iudéa lande geboren wæs. St. A. 32, 13. Hé besceáwað considerat (Prov. 5, 21), Kent. Gl. 115. Hé besceáwode ꝥ hí mid Drihtne habbað þá sélestan gife, Hml. S. 25, 476. þ æs mannes bíleofa is tó besceáwianne. Lch. ii. 210, 19. Besceáwiende considerans (medicus cicatrices], An. Ox. 371. III. with idea of examination, enquiry :-- Ic besceáwie exploro (-do, MS.), An. Ox. 18 b, 24. Hé hét besceáwian þá burh dixit eis: Explorate terram, Jos. 7, 2. 2-Uton geþencan hú besceáwigende wé scylon beón úre sáwle cogitemus quam perscrutantes esse debemus animae nostrae. Ll. Th. ii. 226, 34. IV. to see about, take care of :-- Hálige fatu hé besceáwige vasa sacrata conspiciat, R. Ben. 1. 62, 2. Besceáwige hé praevideat, R. Ben. 89, 17. [O. Frs. bi-skawia: O. H. Ger. pi-scouwón conspicere, contemplari, considerare, perpensare, lustrari.] be-sceawian

Related words: 15, 3), Kent. Gl. 506. Bescáwede