begalewen

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Middle English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From bi- +‎ *galewen, probably related to Old English āgælwed (astonished, disconcerted), Old English āgelwan (to astonish, stupify).

Compare a-gælwed (consternated, astonished) and geal(-g) (troubled, dismayed),[1] from Proto-Germanic *gálx, *galg, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *g(')hAlk(')h-, connected with Ancient Greek καλχαίνω (kalkhaínō, to make purple) << κάλχη (kálkhē, purple), later with a poetic sense of "be excited, ponder deeply."[2][3]

Verb

[edit]

begalewen (third-person singular simple present begaleweth, present participle begalewende, begalewynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle begalewed)

  1. (transitive) To frighten.
    • c. 1320, "Bevis of H." in Ellis Specim. (1811) II. 171
      That horse was swift as any swalowe / No man might that horse begallowe.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

[edit]
  • English: begallow (unattested)

References

[edit]