beþeccan
Old English
Alternative forms
- biþeċċan
Verb
beþeċċan
- To cover
- Hēo beþeahte hiere līchaman mid sċīetan.
- She covered her body with a bedsheet.
- Snāw beþeahte þā beorgas.
- Snow covered the mountains.
Conjugation
Conjugation of beþeċċan (weak class 1)
infinitive | beþeċċan | tō beþeċċenne |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | beþeċċe | beþeahte |
2nd-person singular | beþecst | beþeahtest |
3rd-person singular | beþecþ | beþeahte |
plural | beþeċċaþ | beþeahton |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | beþeċċe | beþeahte |
plural | beþeċċen | beþeahten |
imperative | ||
singular | beþeċe | |
plural | beþeċċaþ | |
participle | present | past |
beþeċċende | beþeaht |
Descendants
- Middle English: biþecchen, bithecchen
- English: bethatch
References
- beþeccan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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