Beweapon

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To furnish, fit, or supply with a weapon; arm. often, reflexive, transitive

    "And when men were drunk in the evening, King Ingjald spake to Folkvid and Hulvid, the sons of Svipdag, and bade them beweapon themselves and their men even as had been settled earlier in the evening."

Synonyms

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armarm

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"And when men were drunk in the evening, King Ingjald spake to Folkvid and Hulvid, the sons of Svipdag, and bade them beweapon themselves and their men even as had been settled earlier in the evening."

Etymology

From be- (“on, at, upon”) + weapon. Compare Old English bewǣpnian (“to disarm”).

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