bewave means to shield; hide. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why “bewave” is a great word
To shield or conceal by enveloping, to blow or toss about with force, or, archaically, to lay in wait and overcome by cunning. From Old English *bewǣfan*, "to enfold, wrap round, cover over," first attested in 1513. Unlike "conceal," a general term for hiding, or "waft," which implies a gentle floating, to bewave is to obscure by active enfolding or to be driven by a violent, sweeping force. It is the thick fog swallowing a headland, the gale whipping rain against a windowpane, or the ambush sprung from a cloak of darkness—a word where protection and threat become the same shrouded gesture, now folded away in the older cloth of the language.
Etymology
From Middle English biweven, biwǣven, from Old English bewǣfan (“to enfold, wrap round, cover over, clothe”).
verb
- To shield; hide.
- To lay wait for; overpower by means of some base stratagem.
- To blow or toss about; blow, waft, or sweep away.
- To wander or waver.