Bearn-eaca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bearn-eaca

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 bearn-eaca

adj. Big with child, pregnant:--Maria wæs þágyt bearneáca, Hml. Th. i. 30, 9. Ðonne mon sníð ðá bearneácan wíf (praegnantes), Past. 366, 14. bearn-eaca

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛠᚱᚾ-ᛠᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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