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béna

  • noun [ masculine ]
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béna, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
A petitioner, demander; rogator, supplex
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  • Gehýr me helpys bénan

    exaudi me auxilii supplicem

    • Ps. Th. 101, 2.
  • béna wǽron

    they were demanders, or they demanded

    • Ors. 3, 11
    • ;
    • Bos. 73, 36.
  • Hence béna wesan

    to demand, request

    • Beo. Th. 6272
    • ;
    • B. 3140 : Cd. 107
    • ;
    • Th. 142, 6
    • ;
    • Gen. 2357
    • .
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  • béna, n.