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

To be, exist, become

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