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