Beow

Old English

Etymology

Derived from Proto-West Germanic *beuw (“crops; barley”), whence the word for barley, but likely transferred to the masculine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be͜oːw/
• Rhymes: -e͜oːw

Noun

Bēow m

1. Beow, an Anglo-Saxon god associated with barley and agriculture, equivalent to Old Norse Byggvir

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Bēow	—
accusative	Bēow	—
genitive	Bēowes	—
dative	Bēowe	—

Derived terms

• Beowulf (“Beowulf”)