beacenstan

Old English

Etymology

From bēacen +‎ stān.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ͜ɑː.kenˌstɑːn/

Noun

bēacenstān m

1. a stone on which a beacon burns
2. lighthouse

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bēacenstān	bēacenstānas
accusative	bēacenstān	bēacenstānas
genitive	bēacenstānes	bēacenstāna
dative	bēacenstāne	bēacenstānum

Synonyms

• bēacenfȳr
• fȳrtorr
• herebēacen

References

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