Be-syrwan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-syrwan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-syrewian, -syrian, -serian;

be-syrwan
p. -syrwde; pp. -syrwed To ensnare, deceive; circumvenire, decipere, machinari :-- Ðæt híg woldon ðone Hǽlend mid fácne besyrwan ut Iesum dolo tenerent, Mt. Bos. 26, 4. Mynte se mánscaða manna cynnes sumne besyrwan the wicked spoiler expected to ensnare one of the race of men, Beo. Th. 1430; B. 713 : 1888; B. 942 : Cd. 127; Th. 162, 13; Gen. 2680.

Related words: syrwan. be-syrwan

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