Be-syrian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-syrian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: be-syrwan. be-syrian

Definitions

1 be-syrian

p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive; spoliare, fraudare, dejicere :-- Ðæt hí mǽgon besyrian ðone earman ut dejiciant inopem, Ps. Th. 36, 13. Cirus hý besyrode Cyrus ensnared them, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 20. Hine Rodbeard besyrede Robert deceived him, Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 5. Ða Scottas heora cyng Dunecan besyredon the Scots ensnared their king Duncan, 1094; Erl. 230, 40.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚣᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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