bewarian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *biwarōn, equivalent to be- +‎ warian. Cognate with Old Frisian biwaria, Old High German biwarōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈwɑ.ri.ɑn/

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	bewarienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	bewariġe	bewarode
second person singular	bewarast	bewarodest
third person singular	bewaraþ	bewarode
plural	bewariaþ	bewarodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	bewariġe	bewarode
plural	bewariġen	bewaroden
imperative
singular	bewara
plural	bewariaþ
participle	present	past
	bewariende	bewarod

Descendants

• Middle English: bewar (influenced by periphrastic constructions)
  • English: beware (partially)
  • Scots: bewar, beware (partially)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bewarian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.