Ge-beácnian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-bécnian, -bícnian;

ge-beácnian

p. ode; pp. od [ge, and beácnian to beckon] To point out, indicate, make signs; indĭcāre, nuntiāre, innuere :-- Ðá him gebeácnod wæs then it was indicated to him, Beo. Th. 283; B. 140. We woldon mid gebeácnian ða sóþfæstnesse we would therewith point out the truth, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 16. Gebécnadon feder his innuebant patri ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 62. [O. Sax. gi-bóknian to shew, indicate : O. H. Ger. ga-bauhnjan adnuere, figurare.] ge-beacnian