besceawian

== Old English == === Etymology === From be- +‎ sċēawian. Compare Dutch beschouwen (“to contemplate, consider, regard”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈʃæ͜ɑː.wi.ɑn/ === Verb === besċēawian to look on, consider, regard, watch ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== besċēawere m (“observer, beholder”) besċēawiendlīċ (“contemplative”) besċēawod (“considerate, thoughtful, circumspect”) besċēawung f (“contemplation”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: beschewen, beshewen, besheuen === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “besċēawian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.