bepæcestre

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Equivalent to be- +‎ pǣċan +‎ -estre.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /beˈpæː.t͡ʃes.tre/

Noun[edit]

bepǣċestre f (nominative plural bepǣċestran)

a woman who deceives, entices, or flatters; seductress

Declension[edit]

Declension of bepæcestre (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bepǣċestre	bepǣċestran
accusative	bepǣċestran	bepǣċestran
genitive	bepǣċestran	bepǣċestrena
dative	bepǣċestran	bepǣċestrum

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BEPǢĊESTRE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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