Old English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bewrēon

  1. to cover, protect
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
      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,

Conjugation

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