begrave

From Middle English begraven, from Old English begrafan (“to bury”), from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną (“to dig around, bury”), equivalent to be- +‎ grave. Cognate with Saterland Frisian begreeuwe (“to bury”), West Frisian begrave (“to bury”), Dutch begraven (“to bury”), German begraben (“to bury”), Danish begrave (“to bury”), Swedish begrava (“to bury”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (bigraban, “to dig around”).

begrave (third-person singular simple present begraves, present participle begraving, simple past begraved or begrove, past participle begraved or begraven)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To bury.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To engrave.

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begrave

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of begraven

Presumably from be- +‎ grave; compare with Dutch begraven and Swedish begrava

begrave (imperative begrav, present tense begraver, passive begraves, simple past begravde or begravet or begrov, past participle begravd or begravet, present participle begravende)

1. to bury

   begrave stridsøksen - bury the hatchet

• begravelse

• “begrave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Middle Low German begraven.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɡraːvə/

begrave

1. to bury

• begraafplak

• “begrave”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011