- becierran
- wv/t1b 1. to turn round, about; þonne biþ séo cweorn becierred þonne se mann biþ geendod when the mill is turned around the man is ended; 1a. to wind, twist; 2. to go round, pass by, avoid; þá becierde hé híe then he went around them; 3. to turn, pervert, seduce; þu ne miht mec becierran of mínum rihtan geléafan, ne fram mínum rihthláforde you cannot turn me from my correct belief, nor from my right lord; 3a. to change; 4. to beguile, deceive, colloq. to get round a person; swá þæt folc becierde as the people beguiled; 4a. to give up, betray;
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.