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ben

nafnorðkvenkyn
jar, jar (, i. 387; stór ben, , (in a verse), v. bani above.
I. a wound; as a law term, a mortal wound ( bani); thus defined, skal ILLEGIBLE lýsa, en ben ef at bana verðr, ii. 18, 29, 70; benjar á hinum dauða manni, 28; svá skal nefna vátta at sárum sem at benjum, 30; and in the compds, benja-lýsing, a sort of coroner’s inquest upon a slain man, ii. 29; benja-váttr, a sort of coroner’s jury, defined in ii. 28—þeir eigu at bera, hve margar benjar eru, they have to give a verdict how many mortal wounds there are; en búakviðr (the jury) hverir sannir eru at; benja-vætti, the verdict of a benjaváttr, id.II. yet commonly ‘ben’ means a small bleeding wound; þeirri blóðgri ben, er Otkell veitti mér áverka, 87, 139, 144, in the last passage, however, of a mortal wound. It is now the wound produced by letting blood. In old poetry it is used in a great many
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  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
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  • cp.compare.
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
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