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BÉN

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
BÉN, gen. dat. béne; acc. bén; pl. pl.nom. béna, béne; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§390;
A praying, prayer, petition, an entreaty, a deprecation, supplication, demand. Hence in Chaucer bone and our BOON; precatio, deprecatio, oratio, preces, postulatio
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  • Ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne mid hine swíðode and genge wǽren [wæren, MS. T : wære, MSS. Ca. O.]

    though the king's prayers were powerful and effectual with him

    • Bd. 3, 12
      • ;
    • S. 537, 18 : 1, 4
      • ;
    • S. 475, 32 : 5, 1
      • ;
    • S. 614, 15 : 5, 21; S. 643, 6.

  • Be ryhtes béne

    of praying for justice

    • L. In. 8
      • ;
    • Th. i. 106, 19.

  • Ðín bén-ys gehýred

    exaudita est deprecatio tua

    • Lk. Bos. 1, 13.

  • Ic underféng ðíne béne

    suscepi preces tuas

    • Gen. 19, 21.

  • Hí heom ðæra béna forwyrdnon

    they gave to them a denial of their requests

    • Ors. 2, 2
      • ;
    • Bos. 40, 34.

  • Micelra béna dæg

    litania major

    • Martyr. 25, April.
Etymology
[
O. Nrs. bón
, f. a petitioner.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-bén.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BÉN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/3643.

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