begieman

• beġȳman

Equivalent to be- +‎ ġīeman.

• IPA^(key): /beˈji͜yː.mɑn/

beġīeman

1. to care for; to take care of
   • Wonders of the East

     Þǣr wæs timbred on Beles dagum þǣs cinges ⁊ Iobes templ of īsernum ġeweorcum ⁊ of ǣrenum ġeworht. ⁊ on þǣre ylcan stōwe is ēast þanon ēac ōðer templ sunnan hāliġ tō þām is sum ġeþungen ⁊ ġedēfe sacerd tō ġesett, ⁊ hē ðā hofa ġehealdeð ⁊ beġȳmeþ.

     There was built in the days of king Belus a temple of Jove, made of iron and of brass. And in the same place to the east, there is another temple that is sacred to the sun, which a pious and gentle priest occupies; and he cares for and looks after the halls.

2. to regard, govern, keep
3. to serve; to attend

• beġīemen f

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “BEĠȲMAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.