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steám

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
steám, stém, stiém, es; m.
steam, hot exhalation, hot breath
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  • Him (

    Herod

    ) stód stincende steám of ðam múðe,
      Homl. Th. i. 86, 14.

  • Forlǽt wynsumne réc ástígan ... Ðá of ðære stówe steám up árás swylce réc,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1603; El. 803.

  • Stenc út cymeþ of ðam wongstede, wynsumra steám swæcca gehwylcum,

      Exon. Th. 358, 14; Pa. 45.

  • Man píntreów bærne tó glédum ... wende his neb tó and onfó ðam stéme (

    the heat proceeding from the embers

    ),
      Lchdm. ii. 284, 16.

  • Of hómena æþme and stiéme cymþ eágna mist,

      26, 26.

  • Fleó ða mettas ða ðe him stiém on innan wyrcen,

      226, 10.
that which emits hot vapour, blood
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  • Forléton mé standan steáme bedrifenne

    they left me (the cross) standing bespattered with blood,

    Rood
      Kmbl. 123; Kr. 62.
Etymology
[A stem als it were a sunnebem, Havel. 591. Steem or lowe of fyre flamma, steem of hothe lycure vapor, Prompt. Parv. 473.]
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v.  stém stiém.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “steám.” 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/28816.

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