Etymograph > Indo-European > Old English > Dictionary > bēon

V

To be, exist, become

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Attested in Aelfric's Colloquy 1, Aelfric's Colloquy 2, Exeter Book Riddle 47 (wæs), Exeter Book Riddle 51 (wæs), Sellic Spell (wæs), Ætherlwold's Reforms (wæs), Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia (is), Aelfric's Colloquy 3 (is), Aelfric's Colloquy 4

Inflected forms
sindon "be.pres.pl"
sie "be.subj.3sg" (oe-subj-3sg)
is "be.pres.3sg"
eart "be.pres.2sg" (oe-2sg)
wæs "be.pst.3sg"
wǣron "be.pst.3pl" (oe-past-3pl)
wǣran "be.pst.3pl" (oe-past-3pl)
byþ "be.pres.3sg" (oe-3sg)
Paradigms