bewarian

Old English

Alternative forms
  • beƿarian

Etymology

From be- +‎ warian. Cognate with Old Frisian biwaria, Old High German biwarōn.

Verb

bewarian

  1. To keep, guard, preserve, protect.
  2. To guard one's self against.
  3. To ward off from.

Conjugation
Conjugation of bewarian (weak class 2)
infinitive bewarian tō bewarienne
indicative present past
1st-person singular bewarie
bewariġe		 bewarode
2nd-person singular bewarast bewarodest
3rd-person singular bewaraþ bewarode
plural bewariaþ
bewariġaþ		 bewarodon
subjunctive present past
singular bewarie
bewariġe		 bewarode
plural bewarien
bewariġen		 bewaroden
imperative
singular bewara
plural bewariaþ
bewariġaþ
participle present past
bewariende
bewariġende		 bewarod

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