Be-nugan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-nugan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: he be-neah, Related words: nugan. be-nugan

Definitions

1 be-nugan

pl. be-nugon; p. be-nohte; subj. pres. benuge [Goth. binauhan, binah; pp. binauht, δεi, oportet] To need, want, require, enjoy; indigere, frui :-- Ðonne he bega beneah when he requires both, Elen. Kmbl. 1233; El. 618 : Exon. 123 b; Th. 475, 12; Bo. 46. Gif hí ðæs wuda benugon if they enjoy [have enjoyment of] the wood, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 19. Wið ðan ðe mín wíf ðǽr benuge inganges dummodo uxor mea fruatur ingressu, Hick. Thes. ii. 55, 32. And sið nó frófre benohte and never since he enjoyed comfort, Andr. Kmbl. 3407; An. 1707 : 2320; An. 1161.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚾᚢᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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