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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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beacon †sign, standard OE.; signal-fire, lighthouse XIV. OE.
bēacn = OS.
bōkan, OHG.
bouhhan :- WGmc. *
baukna (Cf.
BECKON), of unkn. orig.
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