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bytme

  • noun [ feminine ]
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bytme, (-ne), byþne, an ; f.
the keel of a ship
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  • Bythne

    carina,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 5.
  • Bytne,

      13, 36.
  • Bytme, i. 63, 39.
  • Hí sǽton ufan on þǽm wætre swá swá scipes byðme (bytme déð,

    v. l.

    ), þonne hit fleóted on streáme,
      Mart. H. 118, 20.
  • Hé sæt ofer þǽre bytman þæs scipes,

      Gr. D. 347, 23.
the head of a dale. Cf.
Icel. botn
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  • On byttman díc,

      C. D. iv. 39, 7.
  • On bitnan burnan, v. 84, 8.
  • On ðǽre dæne bytnan,

      78, 12: 137, 35.
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v. twi-bytme, botm.
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v.  byþne bytne botm.
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