bewerian
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *biwarjan. Cognate with Old High German biwerien. Equivalent to be- + werian.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bewerian
- to defend
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday: On the Lord's Passion"
- Swā fela þūsenda engla meahton ēaðe bewerian Crist wiþ þām unmannum, mid heofonlīcum wǣpnum, ġif hē þrōwian nolde selfwilles for ūs.
- That many thousands of angels could have easily defended Christ against those brutes [the men who came to arrest Jesus], with weapons from heaven, if he didn't want to suffer voluntarily for us.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday: On the Lord's Passion"
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bewerian (weak class 1)
| infinitive | bewerian | bewerienne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | bewerie | bewerede |
| second person singular | bewerest | beweredest |
| third person singular | bewereþ | bewerede |
| plural | beweriaþ | beweredon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | bewerie | bewerede |
| plural | bewerien | bewereden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | bewere | |
| plural | beweriaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| beweriende | bewered | |