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here-beácen

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a war-signal (lit. or fig.)
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  • Herebaecon, -bécon, -bénc

    simbulum,

    • Txts. 96, 919
      • .

  • Herebǽcun,

    • 101, 1971
      • .

  • Hé sealde háligra fædera herebeácen him, id est, credo

    sanctorum patrum tradidit symbolum,

    • Bd. 4, 17
      • ;
    • Sch. 432, 4
      • .
a beacon:
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  • Úpstandende herebeácn

    pira,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 43
      • .

  • Hí átendon heora beácna (herebeácen, herebeácna, v.ll.) swá swá hí férdon,

    • Chr. 1006
      • ;
    • P. 137, 2
      • .
an ensign
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  • Mín weorod . . . herebeácen and segnas beforan mé læddon

    totum agmen me sequebatur cum signis el uexillis,

    • Nar. 7, 16
      • .
a signal for a fleet, a lighthouse (lit. or fig).
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Cf. fýr-tor
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  • Herebeac[n]

    farus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 2
      • :
    • 41, 45
      • .

  • Herebécn heál cum sǽnesse

    forus in edito promontorio,

    • An. Ox. 575
      • .

  • Herebeacn,

    • 1701.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “here-beácen.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/52384.

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