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here-beácen

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
here-beácen, -beácn, es; n.
A military ensign, standard; also a beacon, lighthouse
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  • Herebeácn

    farus

    :

    upstandende herebeácn

    pira,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 93, 90; Wrt. Voc. 41, 45, 43.
  • Herebeácen and segnas beforan mé lǽddon

    cum signis et vexillis,

    • Nar. 7, 16.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. heri-pouhan vexillum, signum.
]
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  • here-beácen, n.