belisnian

== Old English == === Alternative forms === belistnian === Etymology === Multiple proposed etymologies: From original *belistnian, with simplification of -stn- to -sn-, equivalent to be- +‎ lystan (“to lust”). Although a spelling with -stn- is not attested for the infinitive, it is attested for other forms of the verb such as the past participle belis(t)nod (used as a noun "eunuch"). Alternatively assumed to represent *belīesċnian, with simplification of -scn- to -sn-, from the root of *lēosca (“groin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈlis.ni.ɑn/, [beˈliz.ni.ɑn] === Verb === belisnian to castrate to emasculate ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “be-lisnian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.