BEÁM
- noun [ masculine ]
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Se beám bude wyrda geþingu
the tree boded the councils of the fates,
- Cd. 202; Th. 250, 11 ;
- Dan. 545 : 23; Th. 30, 18 ;
- Gen. 468 : 24; Th. 31, 1 ;
- Gen. 478 .
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On ðæs beámes blédum
on the branches of the tree,
- 200; Th. 248, 4 ;
- Dan. 508 :
- Exon. 114 a; Th. 437, 14 ;
- Rä. 56, 7 .
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On ðam beáme
on the tree,
- Cd. 24; Th. 31, 11 ;
- Gen. 483 ,
- Exon. 57 b; Th. 206, 6 ;
- Ph. 122 .
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Forlǽtaþ ðone ǽnne beám
abstain from the one tree,
- Cd. 13 ; Th. 15, 19 ;
- Gen. 235 : 25; Th. 31, 28 ;
- Gen. 492 .
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Twegen beámas stódon ofætes gehlǽdene
two trees stood laden with fruit,
- 23; Th. 30, 2 ;
- Gen. 460 :
- Exon, 56 a; Th. 200, 4 ;
- Ph. 35 .
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Ic beámas fylle
I fell the trees,
- 101 a; Th. 381, 11 ;
- Rä. 2, 9 .
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Wæs se beám bócstafum awriten
the cross was inscribed with letters,
- Elen. Kmbl. 181 ;
- El. 91 :
- Exon. 24 a; Th. 67, 17 ;
- 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 ;
- Kr. 114 :
- Cd. 224; Th. 296, 30 ;
- 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 ;
- Cri. 1094: 29 a ; Th. 88, 29 ;
- Cri. 1447 .
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Hæfde wuldres beámwerud gelǽded
the pillar of glory had led the host,
- Cd. 170; Th. 214, 10 ;
- Exod. 566 : 148; Th. 184, 22 ;
- 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 ;
- Exod. 94 .
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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 ;
- Rä. 11, 7 .
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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 ;
- 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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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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Mið beám
cum tuba,
- Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 31 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “BEÁM.” 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/3141.
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