befician
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, be- + fician.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]befician
- to deceive
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of befician (weak class 2)
| infinitive | befician | beficienne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | beficiġe | beficode |
| second person singular | beficast | beficodest |
| third person singular | beficaþ | beficode |
| plural | beficiaþ | beficodon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | beficiġe | beficode |
| plural | beficiġen | beficoden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | befica | |
| plural | beficiaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| beficiende | beficod | |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “be-fician”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.