A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ bespyrigan] to track, trace, LL.

[ best] adv. (used as superl. of [wel]) best, most.

[ besta], beste wk. forms of superl. adj. betst.

[ bestǣlan] (ē) to lay a charge against, convict.

[ bestæppan⁶] to tread upon, step, go, enter, Æ.

[ bestandan⁶] to stand round or about, beset, surround, Æ: attend to, Æ: beset, harass, Jn. [‘bestand’]

[ bestealcian] to move stealthily, steal, ‘stalk,’ ÆL 32⁴⁰. [[stealc]]

[ bestefnod] ptc. provided with a fringe, WW 375⁴¹.

[ bestelan⁴] to move stealthily, steal away, steal upon, AO, LL; Æ, CP: (†) deprive. [‘besteal’]

bestēlan = [bestǣlan]