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be-lisnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
be-lisnian, -listnian; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [be from, lystan to desire]
To evirate, emasculate, castrate; castrare. Part. p. belisnod, belistnod emasculated
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  • Belisnod

    spadatus, eunuchizatus

    • Ælfc. Gl. 2
    • ;
    • Som. 55, 53
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 16, 26.
Grammar
be-lisnian, Used as a noun
A eunuch
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  • Belisnod

    spado, eunuchus

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3
    • ;
    • Som. 8, 32.
  • Sóþlíce synd belistnode, ðe of hyra módor innoðum cumaþ, and eft synt belistnode ða men ðe man belistnaþ, and eft synd belistnode ðe híg sylfe belismodon for heofona ríce

    sunt enim eunuchi, qui de matris utero sic nati sunt, et sunt eunuchi, qui facti sunt ab hominibus, et sunt eunuchi, qui se ipsos castraverunt propter regnum cœlorum

    • Mt. Bos. 19, 12.
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v. a-fýran.
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v.  lisnian be-lisnod.
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