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
-
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: -
to come by flowing, flow to
Conjugation
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | beflōwe | beflēow |
| 2nd singular | beflēwst | beflēowe |
| 3rd singular | beflēwþ | beflēow |
| Plural | beflōwaþ | beflēowon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | beflōwe | beflēowe |
| Plural | beflōwen | beflēowen |
| 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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