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BEN
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Contents
Origin and Meaning
Old Norse
ben = '(mortal) wound' [1] [2] [3]
bėn = 'wound' [4]
Gothic
banja = 'wound' [4]
Old Saxon
bėni-wunda = 'wound' [4]
Old English
bėnn = 'wound' [4]
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| GEIR | see Bengeirr |
First Element Forms
References
- ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
- ↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)