- bestépan
- wv/t1b to deprive of (children)
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
step- — a prefix denoting connection between members of a family by the remarriage of a parent and not by blood: stepbrother. [ME; OE steop ; c. G stief , ON stjup step ; akin to OE astepan to bereave, bestepan to deprive (of children)] * * * … Universalium