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Old English · verb

beflowan

Normalised beflōwan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/beˈfloː.wɑn/
Syllables
be · ˈfloː · wɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
flowingoverflow

Meaning

  1. to overflow

    Ā sċyle ġeong mon wesan ġeōmormōd, heard heortan ġeþōht, swylċe habban sċeal blīþe ġebǣro, ēac þon brēostċeare, sinsorgna ġedreag sȳ æt him sylfum ġelong eal his worulde wyn, sȳ ful wīde fāh feorres folclondes, þæt mīn frēond siteð under stānhliþe, storme behrīmed, wine wēriġmōd, wætre beflōwen on drēorsele.

    May the young man always be sad-minded, stern thought of heart, also shall have blithe bearing, also with breast-sorrow, the band of great-worries would be with him all along his world’s mirth, be he fully outlawed in a far folks-land so that my lover sits under a stone cliff, frost-covered by storm, weary-minded lord, overflown by water in the dreary-hall.

    10th century, The Wife's Lament:
  2. to come by flowing, flow to

Conjugation

Conjugation of beflowan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular beflōwebeflēow
2nd singular beflēwstbeflēowe
3rd singular beflēwþbeflēow
Plural beflōwaþbeflēowon
Subjunctive
Singular beflōwebeflēowe
Plural beflōwenbeflēowen
Non-finite forms of beflowan
Form
Infinitive beflōwan
Inflected infinitive beflōwenne
Imperative singular beflōw
Imperative plural beflōwaþ
Present participle beflōwende
Past participle beflōwen

All forms (13)

Etymology

From be- + flōwan.

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