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beácnian
/bea:tʃnian /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
Verb Class: Weak
This might be just a supplemental entry adding to an entry in the Main Volume.
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
beácnian
. Add: to make a sign :-- Hig beácnað mid eágum annuunt oculis, Ps. L. 34, 9. v. bécn(i)an, bícn(i)an; deáþ-beácnigende.
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Possibly connected entries from the Main Volume:

beácnian
, býcnian, bícnian; p. ode; pp. od. I. to BECKON, nod; innuere :-- He wæs bícniende him erat innuens illis, Lk. Bos. 1, 22, 62: 5, 7. II. to shew, indicate; indicare, typice significare :-- Swá fenix beácnaþ as the ph?nix shews, Exon. 65a; Th. 240, 30; Ph. 646. Ðisses fugles gecynd beácnaþ hú hí beorhtne gefeán healdaþ this bird's nature indicates how they possess bright joy, Exon. 61b; Th. 225, 14; Ph. 389. DER. ge-beácnian, -bécnan.
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