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BEÁM

  • noun [ masculine ]
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BEÁM, es; m.
a tree; arbor
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  • Se beám bude wyrda geþingu

    the tree boded the councils of the fates,

    • Cd. 202; Th. 250, 11
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    • Dan. 545 : 23; Th. 30, 18
    • ;
    • Gen. 468 : 24; Th. 31, 1
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    • Gen. 478
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  • On ðæs beámes blédum

    on the branches of the tree,

    • 200; Th. 248, 4
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    • Dan. 508
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    • Exon. 114 a; Th. 437, 14
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    • Rä. 56, 7
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  • On ðam beáme

    on the tree,

    • Cd. 24; Th. 31, 11
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    • Gen. 483
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    • Exon. 57 b; Th. 206, 6
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    • Ph. 122
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  • Forlǽtaþ ðone ǽnne beám

    abstain from the one tree,

    • Cd. 13 ; Th. 15, 19
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    • Gen. 235 : 25; Th. 31, 28
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    • Gen. 492
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  • Twegen beámas stódon ofætes gehlǽdene

    two trees stood laden with fruit,

    • 23; Th. 30, 2
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    • Gen. 460
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    • Exon, 56 a; Th. 200, 4
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    • Ph. 35
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  • Ic beámas fylle

    I fell the trees,

    • 101 a; Th. 381, 11
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    • Rä. 2, 9
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the tree, cross; patibulum, crux
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  • Wæs se beám bócstafum awriten

    the cross was inscribed with letters,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 181
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    • El. 91
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    • Exon. 24 a; Th. 67, 17
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    • Cri. 1090
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  • Se ðe deáþes wolde biteres onbyrigan on ðam beáme

    who would taste of bitter death on the cross,

    • Rood Kmbl. 226
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    • Kr. 114
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    • Cd. 224; Th. 296, 30
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    • Sat. 510
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  • He on ðone hálgan beám ahongen wæs

    he was hung on the holy cross,

    • Exon. 24 a ; Th. 67, 25
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    • Cri. 1094: 29 a ; Th. 88, 29
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    • Cri. 1447
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a column, pillar; columna
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  • Hæfde wuldres beámwerud gelǽded

    the pillar of glory had led the host,

    • Cd. 170; Th. 214, 10
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    • Exod. 566 : 148; Th. 184, 22
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    • Exod. 111
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  • God hét him fýrenne beám befóran wísian

    God commanded a pillar of fire to point out the way before them,

    • Ps. Th. 104, 34
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  • Him befóran fóron beámas twegen

    two pillars went before him,

    • Cd. 146; Th. 183, 20
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    • Exod. 94
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wood, a ship; lignum, navis
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  • Ic of fæðmum cwom brimes and beámes

    I came from the clutches of sea and ship,

    • Exon. 103 b ; Th. 392, 13
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    • Rä. 11, 7
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a BEAM, splint, post, a stock of a tree; trabs, stipes
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  • Se beám biþ on ðínum ágenum eágan

    trabs est in oculo tuo,

    • Mt. Bos. 7, 4
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  • Bunden under beáme

    bound under a beam,

    • Exon. 126 a ; Th. 485, 9
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    • Rä. 71, 11
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  • Ðú ne gesyhst ðone beám on ðínum ágenum eágan

    trabem in oculo tuo non vides,

    • Mt. Bos. 7, 3, 5
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  • Heora ǽrenan beámas ne mihton fram Galliscum fýre forbærnede weorþan

    their brazen beams could not be destroyed by the fire of the Gauls,

    • Ors. 2, 8 ; Bos. 52, 16
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  • Of beáme

    de stipite,

    • Cot. 63
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in composition, anything proceeding in a right line, hence, - A ray of light, a sun-BEAM; radius
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  • Cométa, se steorra, scán swilce sunne-beám

    a comet, the star, shone like a sun-beam,

    • Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 5
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in the Northumbrian Gospels beám is put for býme a trumpet; tuba
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  • Mið beám

    cum tuba,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 31
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Etymology
[
Tynd. beame
:
Chauc. Wyc. beme
:
R. Glouc. beam, bem
:
Laym. beam, bem
:
O. Sax. bóm, m
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N. Frs. baem, beamme, bjemme
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O. Frs. bám, m
:
Dut. boom, m
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Ger. baum, m
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M. H. Ger. boum, m
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O. H. Ger. poum, m
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Goth. bagms, m
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Icel. baðmr, m.
]
Derived forms
beg-beám, ceder-, deáþ-, ele-, fíc-, firgen-, gár-, gleó-, sige-, wer-, wudu-, wyn-
Linked entries
v.  Beám-dún wudu beóm.
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