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BÚAN

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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Grammar
BÚAN, búgan; ic búe, ðú búst, he býþ; p. búde, pl. búdon; pp. gebún; v. anom.
Wright's OE grammar
§131; §538;
intrans.
To dwell, live; habitare, versari aliquo loco
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  • He búde on Eást-Englum

    he dwelt among the East-Angles,

      Chr. 890; Erl. 66. 29: Ors. 1, l; Bos. 19, 26.

  • Gif he weard onfunde búan [MS. buon] on beorge

    if he found the keeper dwelling in the mount,

      Beo. Th. 5676; B. 2842.
v. a. acc.
To inhabit, occupy; inhabitare, colere, incolere
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  • He lét heó þæt land búan

    he let them, inhabit the land,

      Cd. 13; Th. 16, 6; Gen. 239.

  • Ðæt ðú búst eorþan

    ut inhabites terram,

      Ps. Th. 36, 33.

  • Ðæt hér men bún ðone heán heofon

    that here men inhabit the high heaven,

      Cd. 35; Th. 45, 32; Gen. 735.

  • Ne mæg mon meduseld búan

    a man may not occupy the mead-bench,

      Beo. Th. 6123; B. 3065.
 
Etymology
[Plat. buwen, bouen, buen, bujen: O. Sax. búan: Frs. bouwje: O. Frs. buwa, bowa: Dut. bouwen: Ger. bauen: M. H. Ger. buwen, biuwen, bouwen: O. H. Ger. búan, búwan: Goth. bauan: Dan. boe: Swed. bo: Icel. búa: Lith. bu-ti to be: Slav, by-ti to be: Zend bú to be, become: Sansk, bhú to become, spring up, be, exist, live.]
Derived forms
DER. ge-búan: án-búende: bú, bý: búgan, búgend: búgian, búian, búwian.
Linked entries
v.  býa búgan búgian bógian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BÚAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5362.

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