bepæcan

Equivalent to be- +‎ pǣċan.

• IPA^(key): /beˈpæː.t͡ʃɑn/

bepǣċan

1. to deceive
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Ēac sē hālga bisċop ġesēah ġelōme þā awyrigedan deoflu mid mislīcum gedwymorum. Hē nāteshwōn ne ondrēd heora deofellīcan hīw, ne hē næs bepǣht ðurh heora lēasungum.

     Moreover, the holy bishop often saw the accursed devils with various phantoms. He did not fear their devilish forms, nor was he deceived by their deceptions.

2. to entice, seduce

• bepǣċend m (“deceiver”)
• bepǣċestre f (“seductress”)
• bepǣċung f (“deceit, dissimulation”)

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