Both Uses of
bestow
in
Beowulf
- There then did they lay him, the lord well beloved,
The gold-rings' bestower, within the ship's barm,
The mighty by mast.†bestower = someone who gives something
- Spake the dame of the Scyldings:
Now take thou this cup, my lord of the kingly,
Bestower of treasures!†*
Definitions:
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(1)
(bestow) to give -- typically to present as an honor or give as a gift
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, in classic literature, bestow can also mean to give more generally or to put, place, or store (to stow) something somewhere.