beþeccan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • biþeċċan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *biþakjaną, equivalent to be- +‎ þeċċan.

  • IPA(key): /beˈθet.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

beþeċċan

  1. 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

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