Capian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - capian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- capian
- Substitute: To look; úp capian to look up, lie on one's back :-- Gyf seó sunne hine (the moon) onǽlð ufan, þonne stúpað hé, . . . gyf heó hine ontend neoðan, þonne capað hé úp; for þan þe hé went ǽfre þone hricg tó þǽre sunnan weard, Lch. iii. 266, 20-24. Capiende supinus, Germ. 393, 172. [O. L. Ger. kapen: O. H. Ger. kapfén to look; úfchafta supinabat; Éfcafénder resupinus.] capian