bewitan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === bewitian, beweotian === Etymology === From be- +‎ witan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈwi.tɑn/ === Verb === bewitan to overlook; oversee, watch over; bewatch, superintend, preside, govern 10th century, Vercelli Book: (of people, institutions, affairs, etc.) to take charge of, watch over ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: biwitien, biwiten, biwitten English: bewit === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “bewitan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.