ben – Old English noun declension

Noun: ben
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	bēn
Plural	bēne; bēna

Genitive

Singular	bēne
Plural	bēna

Dative

Singular	bēne
Plural	bēnum

Accusative

Singular	bēn; bēne
Plural	bēne; bēna

Sample Sentences

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"
Bide nu æt gode þæt ic grecisc cunne. Þa cwæþ se biscop him to, þu bæde ofer mine mæðe ac uton swa þeah biddan þas bena æt gode. (Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Then said the Bishop to him, 'Thou hast asked beyond my power, but let us, nevertheless, ask this boon of God.')

Nouns inflected like ben

ealdcwen, ben, wen, cwen,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *bōjana
3. Proto-Indo-European *-nis
4. Proto-Germanic *-niz
5. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
6. Proto-Indo-European *-nis
7. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-ni-s
8. Proto-Germanic *bōniz
9. Proto-West Germanic *bōni
10. Old English ben
11. From Proto-West Germanic *bōni. Cognate with Old Norse bón.

Verbs referencing "ben"

English Nouns bane, Swedish Nouns bön.