"befold" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: befolds [present, singular, third-person], befolding [participle, present], befolded [past], befeld [obsolete, past], befolded [participle, past], befolden [obsolete, participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English bifealden, bevealden, from Old English befealdan (“to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover, attach”), equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + fold. Cognate with Old High German bifaltan (“to envelop”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bifealden}} Middle English bifealden, {{inh|en|ang|befealdan|t=to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover, attach}} Old English befealdan (“to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover, attach”), {{prefix|en|be|fold|t1=around, about}} be- (“around, about”) + fold, {{cog|goh|bifaltan|t=to envelop}} Old High German bifaltan (“to envelop”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=befeld|past2_qual=obsolete|past_ptc2=befolden|past_ptc2_qual=obsolete}} befold (third-person singular simple present befolds, present participle befolding, simple past befolded or (obsolete) befeld, past participle befolded or (obsolete) befolden)
  1. (transitive) To fold up; fold around; wrap up; envelop. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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