besow

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English besowen, bisawen, from Old English besāwan (“to sow, sow about”); equivalent to be- +‎ sow. Cognate with Middle High German besǣjen (“to besow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪˈsəʊ/ === Verb === besow (third-person singular simple present besows, present participle besowing, simple past besowed, past participle besown or besowed) (transitive) To sow; sow all around or about; scatter; disperse; plant. === Anagrams === Bowes, bowes, bowse == Cornish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Cornish bedewen sg, from Proto-Brythonic *bedu, from Proto-Celtic *betuyā. Cognate with Welsh bedw ==== Noun ==== besow (collective, singulative besowen f) birches ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See bysow. ==== Noun ==== besow m (plural besowyer) Revived Late Cornish spelling of bysow (“ring”) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== besow (Revived Late Cornish) plural of bes (“world”) === Mutation ===