bewarian
Old English
Alternative forms
- beƿarian
Etymology
From be- + warian. Cognate with Old Frisian biwaria, Old High German biwarōn.
Verb
bewarian
- To keep, guard, preserve, protect.
- To guard one's self against.
- To ward off from.
Conjugation
Conjugation of bewarian (weak class 2)
infinitive | bewarian | tō bewarienne |
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indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | bewarie bewariġe | bewarode |
2nd-person singular | bewarast | bewarodest |
3rd-person singular | bewaraþ | bewarode |
plural | bewariaþ bewariġaþ | bewarodon |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | bewarie bewariġe | bewarode |
plural | bewarien bewariġen | bewaroden |
imperative | ||
singular | bewara | |
plural | bewariaþ bewariġaþ | |
participle | present | past |
bewariende bewariġende | bewarod |
References
- bewarian in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary