Old English · noun
benn
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /benn/[ben]
- Syllables
- benn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- injury
Meaning
-
a wound; mortal injury
Ne ðær ænig com blod of benne
no blood came from the wound.
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *banjō (“wound”). Cognate with Old Saxon beni (“wound”), Old Norse ben (“wound”), Gothic (banja, “wound”).
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