bifelan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bifelhan.

Verb

bifelan

1. to entrust to
2. to command

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: bevēlen
  • Dutch: bevelen
  • Limburgish: bevaele

Further reading

• “bifelan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012