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BEN

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
BEN, benn, e; f. [connected with bana a slayer, murderer]
Wright's OE grammar
§390;
A wound; vulnus ; With this word the MSS. often confound the pl. of bend, as in Cd. 195; Th. 243, 12; Dan. 435, where benne stands for bende: and in Andr. Recd. 2077; An. 1040 : Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 21, note; Jul, 519, where bennum stands for bendum.
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  • Ne ðǽr ǽnig com blód of benne

    nor came there any blood from the wound

    • Cd. 9
      • ;
    • Th. 12, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 181.

  • Heortan benne the wounds of heart, i. e.

    sadness, grief

    • Exon. 77 a
      • ;
    • Th. 289, 17
      • ;
    • Wand. 49.

  • Blátast benna

    the palest of wounds

    • Exon. 19 a
      • ;
    • Th. 48, 13
      • ;
    • Cri. 771
      • .

  • Hí feóllon bennum seóce

    they fell sick with wounds

    • Cd. 92
      • ;
    • Th. 118, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1972.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. bana, f :
Goth. banya, f :
Icel. ben
, f.]
Derived forms
bennian, ge-
Similar entries
v. bend.
Linked entries
v.  benn.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BEN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/3642.

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