bepæcestre

Old English

Etymology

From bepǣċan +‎ -estre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈpæː.t͡ʃes.tre/

Noun

bepǣċestre f (nominative plural bepǣċestran)

1. a woman who deceives, entices, or flatters; seductress
2. harlot

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bepǣċestre	bepǣċestran
accusative	bepǣċestran	bepǣċestran
genitive	bepǣċestran	bepǣċestrena
dative	bepǣċestran	bepǣċestrum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “BEPǢĊESTRE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.