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Old English · noun

Beow

Normalised Bēow

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /be͜oːw/
Syllables: be͜oːw (1 syllable)
Modern English: beow agriculture anglo-saxon byggvir associated old norse norse barley

Meaning

Beow, an Anglo-Saxon god associated with barley and agriculture, equivalent to Old Norse Byggvir

Declension

Declension of Beow
	Singular
Nominative	Bēow
Accusative	Bēow
Genitive	Bēowes
Dative	Bēowe

All forms (3)

Bēow
Bēowes
Bēowe

Etymology

Derived from Proto-West Germanic *beuw (“crops; barley”), whence the word for barley, but likely transferred to the masculine.

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