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á-bútan

  • preposition
  • adverb
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Wright's OE grammar
§559;
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prep. dat. acc. marking
position
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  • Stódon him ábútan swearte gástas,

      Hml. Th. i. 414, 9.

  • Ðú tǽcst folce gemǽro ábútan ðone munt

    constitues terminos populo per circuitum

    ,
      Ex. 19, 12.
motion outside
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  • His scipu wendon út ábúton Legeceastre,

      Chr. 1000; P. 133, 14.

  • Hé wende ábútan Eást-Englum in tó Humbran múðan,

      1013; P. 143, 13.
approximation
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  • Ábútan feówer hund manna,

      1055; P. 186, 6.
adv. marking
position
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  • Ábútan beringede

    circumdati

    ,
      Scint. 103, 11.

  • Gehwár ábútan

    circumquaque

    ,
      An. Ox. 3775.
motion outside a place
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  • Hí fóron west ábúton,

      Chr. 915; P. 99, 11.

  • Com se here eft ábúton in tó Temese,

      999; P. 131, 19.
motion round an axis or centre
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  • Gif ðú sumne cláð sceáwast, ne miht ðú hine ealne tógædere geseón, ac wenst ábútan (

    you turn it round

    ), ðæt ðú ealne hine geseó,
      Hml. Th. i. 286; 25.
rotation
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  • Se consul sceolde beón heora yldost tó ánes geáres fyrste; féng ðonne óþer tó óþres geáres firste tó ðám ylcan anwealde, and eóde swá ábútan be heora gebirdum. Jud. p. 161, 25.
Similar entries
v. on-bútan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “á-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/37398.

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  • á-bútan, prep.; adv.

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