Old English · noun
beam
Normalised bēam
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /bæ͜ɑːm/
- Syllables
- bæ͜ɑːm (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- beamtreegallows
Meaning
-
tree
Ðonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof.
If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.
Laws of King Ine -
beam of wood
-
gallows
-
the Cross
Wæs sē bēam bōcstafum āwriten.
The tree was inscribed with letters.
Codex Vercillensis
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *baum.
Descendants
beam
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