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BESMA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BESMA, besema, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §282; §401;
A BESOM, broom, an instrument of punishment made of twigs, a rod; scopæ, virga
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  • Geclǽnsod mid besmum

    scopis mundatam, Mt. Bos. 12, 44; clensid with bismes, Wyc. He hit [hús] gemét mid besmum afeormod invenit eam [domum] scopis mundatam, Lk. Bos. 11, 25; he fyndith it [hous] clensid with beesmes, Wyc. He [Brutus] hý [his fíf suna] hét gebindan, and mid besman swingan he [Brutus] gave orders to bind them [his five sons], and scourge them with rods [virgis cecidit,

    Hay.], Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 42, 3.
Etymology
[Frs. besma, m : Dut. bézem, m : O. Dut. besem, bessem, m : Ger. besen, m : O. H. Ger. besamo : Bret. bezo, m : a birch.]
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v.  bysm besema bisme.
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  • BESMA, n.