bepæcestre
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Equivalent to be- + pǣċan + -estre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bepǣċestre f (nominative plural bepǣċestran)
- a woman who deceives, entices, or flatters; seductress
Declension[edit]
Declension of bepæcestre (weak)
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BEPǢĊESTRE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.