- becweðan
- sv/t5 3rd pres becwiðeþ past becwæþ/becwǽdon ptp becweden to say; to speak to, address, exhort; admonish, blame; bequeath, leave by will
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
becweðan
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becweðere — m ( es/ as) interpreter, translator … Old to modern English dictionary
Bequeath — Be*queath (b[ e]*kw[=e][th] ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bequeathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bequeathing}.] [OE. biquethen, AS. becwe[eth]an to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. be + cwe[eth]an to say, speak. See {Quoth}.] 1. To give or leave by will; to give by … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bequeathed — Bequeath Be*queath (b[ e]*kw[=e][th] ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bequeathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bequeathing}.] [OE. biquethen, AS. becwe[eth]an to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. be + cwe[eth]an to say, speak. See {Quoth}.] 1. To give or leave by will;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bequeathing — Bequeath Be*queath (b[ e]*kw[=e][th] ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bequeathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bequeathing}.] [OE. biquethen, AS. becwe[eth]an to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. be + cwe[eth]an to say, speak. See {Quoth}.] 1. To give or leave by will;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bequest — Be*quest , n. [OE. biquest, corrupted fr. bequide; pref. be + AS. cwide a saying, becwe[eth]an to bequeath. The ending est is probably due to confusion with quest. See {Bequeath}, {Quest}.] 1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bequeath — (v.) O.E. becweðan to say, speak to, exhort, blame, also leave by will; from BE (Cf. be ) + cweðan to say, from P.Gmc. *kwithan, from PIE *gwet to say, speak. Original sense of say, utter died out 13c., leaving legal sense of transfer by will.… … Etymology dictionary
bequeath — /bəˈkwið / (say buh kweedh), / ˈkwiθ/ (say kweeth) verb (t) 1. Law to dispose by last will of (personal property, especially money). 2. to hand down; pass on. 3. Obsolete to commit; entrust. {Middle English bequethe(n), Old English becweþan, from …
