bepæcestre

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to be- +‎ pǣċan +‎ -estre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈpæː.t͡ʃes.tre/

Noun

bepǣċestre f (nominative plural bepǣċestran)

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

Declension

Declension of bepæcestre (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bepǣċestre	bepǣċestran
accusative	bepǣċestran	bepǣċestran
genitive	bepǣċestran	bepǣċestrena
dative	bepǣċestran	bepǣċestrum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BEPǢĊESTRE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.