behropan

Old English

Etymology

From be- + hrōpan. Cognate with Old Frisian bihrōpa, Old High German biruofōn, Middle High German berüefen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈhroːpɑn/, [beˈr̥oːpɑn]

Verb

behrōpan

  1. To scoff at, rail, trouble, plague; bedevil.

Conjugation

References

  • behrópan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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