beacnung

Old English

Alternative forms

• bēacneng, bīcnung, bȳcnung

Etymology

Equivalent to bēacnian +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ͜ɑːk.nunɡ/, [ˈbæ͜ɑːk.nuŋɡ]

Noun

bēacnung f

1. a beckoning, a nodding
2. speaking by tropes or figures

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bēacnung	bēacnunga, bēacnunge
accusative	bēacnunge	bēacnunga, bēacnunge
genitive	bēacnunge	bēacnunga
dative	bēacnunge	bēacnungum

Derived terms

• ġebēacnung f

Descendants

• Middle English: bekenynge, bekening, bekenyng, bekninge, beknynge, bekynnynge, bekynynge, bikenyng, becnunge (Early Middle English)
  • English: beckoning

References

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