begeotan

Old English

Etymology

From be- +‎ ġēotan. Cognate with Old High German bigiozan (German begießen). Compare Old Saxon bigiotan (Dutch begieten).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈje͜oː.tɑn/

Verb

beġēotan

  1. to pour over, soak
  2. to anoint, besprinkle, drench, cover with, bestrew with
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCXXXIIII Hēr wæs sē mōna swylċe hē wǣre mid blōde begoten, ⁊ forðferdan Tātwine ⁊ Beda
      Year 734 In this year it was as if the moon was covered in blood, and Tatwine and Beda died.

Conjugation

Conjugation of beġēotan (strong, class II)
infinitive beġēotan beġēotenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular beġēote beġēat
second person singular beġīetst begute
third person singular beġīett, beġīet beġēat
plural beġēotaþ beguton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular beġēote begute
plural beġēoten beguten
imperative
singular beġēot
plural beġēotaþ
participle present past
beġēotende begoten

Descendants

  • Middle English: biȝeten, biyeten
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