eldertongue

Old English · verb

bewreon

Normalised bewrēon

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/beˈwre͜oːn/
Syllables
be · ˈwre͜oːn (2 syllables)
Modern English
protect

Meaning

  1. to cover, protect

    hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,

    since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s) with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,

    siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e

Conjugation

Conjugation of bewreon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bewrēobewrāh
2nd singular bewrīehstbewrige
3rd singular bewrīehþbewrāh
Plural bewrēoþbewrigon
Subjunctive
Singular bewrēobewrige
Plural bewrēonbewrigen
Non-finite forms of bewreon
Form
Infinitive bewrēon
Inflected infinitive bewrēonne
Imperative singular bewrēoh
Imperative plural bewrēoþ
Present participle bewrēonde
Past participle bewriġen

All forms (13)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *biwrīhan. By surface analysis, be- + wrēon (“to cover”).

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