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bútan

  • preposition
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Grammar
bútan, búton, bútun; prep. [be, útan
out
].
Wright's OE grammar
§559;
with the dative; cum dativo.
out of, against; extra, contra
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  • Forbærn ðæt celf bútan ðære wícstówe

    ipsum vitulum comburet extra castra,

    • Lev. 4, 21
      • .

  • Bútan leódrihte

    against the law of the land,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1357
      • ;
    • An. 679
      • .
without, except; sine, absque, præter
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  • Bútan leahtre

    sine crimine,

    • Mt Bos. 12, 5
      • .

  • Bútan ánum cnihte

    excepto uno puerulo,

    • Bd. 3, 23
      • ;
    • S. 555, 26
      • .

  • Bútan geþeahte

    without thought,

    • 3, 1
      • ;
    • S. 523, 31
      • .

  • Bútan eude

    without end,

    • Exon. 11b
      • ;
    • Th. 17, 16
      • ;
    • Cri. 271: L. E. I. prm
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 400, 28
      • .
with the accusative; cum accusativo.
out of; extra
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  • He lædde hine bútan ða wic

    eduxit eum extra vicum,

    • Mk. Bos. 8, 23
      • .
without, except; sine, præter
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  • Bútan sealm

    præter psalmodiam.

    • Bd. 3, 27
      • ;
    • S. 559, 10
      • .
sometimes bútan is separated from its case
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  • Ðæt Wæs geworden bútan weres frigum

    that came to pass without the favours of man,

    • Exon. 8b
      • ;
    • Th. 3, 17
      • ;
    • Cri. 37
      • .
Etymology
[
Chauc, but
:
R. Brun. bot
:
R. Glouc. bote
:
Laym. bute, bote
:
Orm. buttan, butt
:
O. Sax. bútan, bótan
:
Frs. buten
:
O. Frs. buta
:
Dut. buiten
:
Kil. buyten
:
Ger. bauszen
.]
Linked entries
v.  for-úton be-útan búta búta búte búton bútun bútun.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bútan.” 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/5503.

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