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a-bútan
/abu:tan /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Preposition
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
a-bútan
, -búton; prep. acc. [a + be + útan] ABOUT, around, round about; circa :-- Ðú tæcst Israhela folce abútan ðone múnt thou shall take the people of Israel around the mountain. Ex. 19, 12. Abúton hí circa eos, Mk. Bos. 9, 14. Abúton stán about a stone, L. N. P. L. 54; Th. ii. 298, 16.
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á-bútan
. Dele first passage and add: I. prep. dat. acc. marking (1) position :-- Stódon him ábútan swearte gástas, Hml. Th. i. 414, 9. Ðú tǽcst folce gemǽro ábútan ðone munt constitues terminos populo per circuitum, Ex. 19, 12. (2) motion outside :-- His scipu wendon út ábúton Legeceastre, Chr. 1000; P. 133, 14. Hé wende ábútan Eást-Englum in tó Humbran múðan, 1013; P. 143, 13. (3) approximation :-- Ábútan feówer hund manna, 1055; P. 186, 6. II. adv. marking (1) position :-- Ábútan beringede circumdati, Scint. 103, 11.
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á-bútan
. v. þǽr-ábútan.
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