begong

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See talian. tellan, w. v., _to tell, consider, deem_: pret.sg. nē his līf-dagas lēoda ǣnigum nytte tealde (_nor did he count his life useful to any man_), 795; þæt ic mē ǣnigne under swegles begong ge-sacan ne tealde (_I believed not that I had any foe under heaven_), 1774; cwæð hē þone gūð-wine gōdne tealde

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
Sōna þæt onfunde, sē þe flōda begong heoro-gīfre behēold hund missēra,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
Sôna þät onfunde, se þe flôda begong heoro-gîfre beheóld hund missera,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
See talian. tellan, w. v., _to tell, consider, deem_: pret.sg. ne his lîf-dagas leóda ænigum nytte tealde (_nor did he count his life useful to any man_), 795; þät ic me ænigne under swegles begong ge-sacan ne tealde (_I believed not that I had any foe under heaven_), 1774; cwäð he þone gûð-wine gôdne tealde

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879