Noun: benn
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | benn |
| Plural | benna; benne |
Genitive
| Singular | benne |
| Plural | benna |
Dative
| Singular | benne |
| Plural | bennum |
Accusative
| Singular | benne |
| Plural | benna; benne |
Sample Sentences
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Ne ðær ænig com blod of benne (no blood came from the wound.)
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Þonne bēoð þȳ hefiġran/ heortan benne,
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sāre æfter swǣsne. / Sorg bið ġenīwad... (Then are the heart's wounds the heavier,
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aching after the beloved one. Sorrow is renewed...) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
Nouns inflected like benn
hwistlung,
serfis,
beofung,
ypping,
leornung,
syfling,
fyrding,
herebeorg,
hlacerung,
hæftnung,
setlung,
delfing,
feldwyrt,
cnyssung,
feltwyrt,
predicung,
samnung,
bisgung,
feormung,
brytsen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *banjō (“wound”). Cognate with Old Saxon beni (“wound”), Old Norse ben (“wound”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰 (banja, “wound”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
ben', Gothic Nouns '
𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰'.
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