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in her grandames beanes

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  • yarb commented on the word in her grandames beanes

    Then was the maid in her grandames beanes, and knew not what should become of her.

    - Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller, 1594

    April 14, 2010

  • yarb commented on the word in her grandames beanes

    The OED cites this under bene, meaning basically prayer. So the maid was in her grandame's prayers. How the maid's granny got into this I still don't know.

    April 14, 2010