ᴱN. benn adj. “sloping, inclined, slanting, up or down hill” (Category: Slope, Cliff)

⚠️ᴱN. benn, adj. “sloping, inclined, slanting, up or down hill” (Category: Slope, Cliff)

S. pend “slope, steep incline, hill side, [N.] declivity; [S.] sloping (down), steeply inclined”

References ✧ MC/217; PE13/138, 160

Glosses

• “down mountain slopes” ✧ MC/217
• “inclined, sloping” ✧ PE13/138
• “slanting, sloping, up or down hill” ✧ PE13/160

Variations

• benn ✧ MC/217; PE13/138; PE13/160
• †bend ✧ PE13/138; PE13/160

Inflections

binn

plural

✧ PE13/138; PE13/160

Element In

• ᴱN. amvenn “uphill; arduous, difficult, tiresome” ✧ PE13/139; PE13/160
• ᴱN. binn “slope, hillside, bank” ✧ PE13/138; PE13/160
• ᴱN. dadvenn “downhill; (figuratively) easy-going, easy, not arduous” ✧ PE13/139; PE13/160
• ᴱN. Damrod dir hanach dalath benn “Damrod (a hunter) through the vale down the mountain slopes” ✧ MC/217

Cognates

• ᴱQ. #penda² “*sloping” ✧ PE13/159 (#penda)
• ᴱT. benda “slanting, sloping, up or down hill” ✧ PE13/160

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶bendā “slanting, sloping, up or down hill” ✧ PE13/139 (be-n-da); PE13/160
  • < bend < be-n-da ✧ PE13/139