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Reconstruction:Old English/beonot

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
The spelling of this entry has been normalized according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *binut.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*beonot ? or m

  1. coarse grass, bent grass

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative *beonot *beonotas
accusative *beonot *beonotas
genitive *beonotes *beonota
dative *beonote *beonotum

Usage notes

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  • Attested in placenames. The precise gender is unknown, but it is inferred to be masculine due to cognates in related languages.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: benet, bent