bepæcestre
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.