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bénsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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bénsian, part. ende; p. ode; pp. od [bén a prayer, sian or sigan to fall down]
To fall down in prayer, to pray, entreat in prayer; supplicare, deprecari, orare
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  • Ðrihten bénsian

    Dominum deprecari

    • Bd. 4, 25
    • ;
    • S. 601, 4.
  • He wæs bénsiende ða uplícan árfæstnesse mínra gesynta

    supplicans erat supernæ pietati pro sospitate mea

    • 5, 6
    • ;
    • S. 619, 35 : 3, 12
    • ;
    • S. 537, note 20
    • .
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v.  ge-bénsian.
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