beheawan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • behēaƿan

Etymology

From be- +‎ hēawan. Cognate with Old Saxon bihauwan, Old High German bihauwan.

Verb

behēawan

  1. To beat, bruise.
  2. To hew or cut off, separate from; sunder from, deprive or bereave of.

Conjugation
Conjugation of behēawan (strong class 7)
infinitive behēawan tō behēawenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular behēawe behēow
2nd-person singular behēawest behēowe
3rd-person singular behēaweþ behēow
plural behēawaþ behēowon
subjunctive present past
singular behēawe behēowe
plural behēawen behēowen
imperative
singular behēaw
plural behēawaþ
participle present past
behēawende behēawen

Descendants
  • Middle English: bihewen, behewen

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