besceawod

Old English

Alternative forms
  • besċēaƿod – wynn spelling

Participle

besċēawod

  1. past participle of besċēawian

Adjective

besċēawod

  1. considerate, thoughtful, circumspect

Derived terms
  • besċēawodnes (“seeing, vision, sight”)
  • unbesċēawod (“inconsiderate, heedless”)
  • welbesċēawod (“considerate, prudent”)

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