Bennian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bennian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: bennegean; Related words:

Definitions

1 bennian

p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ben a wound] To wound; vulnerare :-- Mec ísern bennade iron wounded me, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 7; Rä. 88, 12. Ic geseah winnende wiht wído bennegean [benne gean, Th.] I saw a block [wood] wound [lit. to wound = wounding] a striving creature, 114 a; Th. 438. 4; Rä. 57, 2. DER. ge-bennian. bennian

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᚾᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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