Old English · verb
bemiþan
Normalised bemīþan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class I
- IPA
- /beˈmiː.θɑn/[beˈmiː.ðɑn]
- Syllables
- be · ˈmiː · θɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- hid
Meaning
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to hide, conceal, lie hid
Nū snottre men swīþast lufiaþ midwist mīne; iċ moniġum sċeal wīsdōm cȳþan; nō þǣr word sprecað ǣniġ ofer eorðan, þēah nū ælda bearn londbūendra lāstas mīne swīþe sēcað. Iċ swaþe hwīlum mīne bemīþe monna ġehwylċum.
Now wise men love my company the most; I shall tell wisdom for many; no one there speaks words over the Earth, even if now the dwellers' sons of men thoroughly seek my paths. Sometimes, I hide my roads from any of the men.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 95:
Conjugation
All forms (13)
Etymology
From be- + mīþan. Cognate with Old Saxon bimīthan, Old High German bimīdan.
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