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bútan

  • conjunction
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Grammar
bútan, búton, bútun; conj. [be, útan out] .
Wright's OE grammar
§559;
with the subj.
Unless, save that; nisi
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  • Bútan ðú [eorþan spéde] gedǽlde Dryhtne sylfum unless thou hadst bestowed [the riches of the earth] for the Lord himself, Exon. 99a; Th. 371, 19;

    Seel.

    78.
  • Búton ðæt hit sý útaworpen

    nisi ut mittatur foras,

      Mt. Bos. 5, 13.
  • Bútan ǽr wyrce éce Dryhten ende worlde

    save ere the eternal Lord shall work an end of the world,

      Exon. 98a; Th. 367, 24; Seel. 12.
with the ind.
Save or except that; nisi
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  • Egorhere eall acwealde búton ðæt earce bord heóld heofona freá

    the water-host destroyed all save that the Lord of heaven held the ark board,

      Cd. 70; Th. 84, 26; Gen. 1403.
without a dependent verb,
Except, save, besides, but; nisi
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  • Ond eallum dagum bútan sunnan dagum

    diebus cunctis excepta dominica,

      Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 32.
  • Ic ne gehýrde bútan hlimman sǽ

    I heard nought save the sea roaring,

      Exon. 81b; Th. 307, 4; Seef. 18.
  • Sume men sǽdon ðæt ðǽr nǽran bútan twegen dǽlas

    some men said that there were but two parts.

      Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 15, 6.
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  • bútan, con.