Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-niman

Part of speech: bi-niman;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 be-niman

p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen [be, niman to take] To deprive, bereave; privare :-- Sceolde hine yldo beniman ellen-ðǽða age should deprive him of bold deeds, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 12; Gen. 484. He hine his ríces benam eum regno privavit, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 31. He us hæfþ heofonríce benumen he has bereft us of heaven's kingdom, Cd. 19; Th. 23, 20; Gen. 362. be-niman

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚾᛁᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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