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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

  1. 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

Conjugation of bemiþan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bemīþebemāþ
2nd singular bemīstbemiþe
3rd singular bemīþþbemīþbemāþ
Plural bemīþaþbemiþon
Subjunctive
Singular bemīþebemiþe
Plural bemīþenbemiþen
Non-finite forms of bemiþan
Form
Infinitive bemīþan
Inflected infinitive bemīþenne
Imperative singular bemīþ
Imperative plural bemīþaþ
Present participle bemīþende
Past participle bemiþen

All forms (13)

Etymology

From be- + mīþan. Cognate with Old Saxon bimīthan, Old High German bimīdan.

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