Reconstruction:Old English/beonot

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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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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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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