eldertongue

Old English · noun

bieme

Normalised bīeme

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈbi͜yː.me/
Syllables
ˈbi͜yː · me (2 syllables)
Modern English
bemetrumpethornbilletwoodeninstrumenttablet

Meaning

  1. a wooden instrument, especially a horn or trumpet

    Þonne from fēowerum foldan sċēatum, þām ȳtemestum eorþan rīċes, englas ælbeorhte on efen blāwað bȳman on brehtme. Beofað middanġeard, hrūse under hæleþum. Hlȳdað tōsomne, trume ond torhte, wið tungla gong, singað ond swinsiaþ sūþan ond norþan, ēastan ond westan, ofer healle ġesċeaft.

    Then from the four corners of the world, from the outmost of Earth’s kingdom, all-bright angels will blow together on trumpets in one song. Middle-earth, the ground under men, will shiver. Strong and shiny, they will resound together with the path of stars, sing and bring melody from the south and from the north, from the east and from the west, over the whole creation.

    10th century, Christ III:
  2. tablet, billet

Declension

Declension of bieme
SingularPlural
Nominative bīemebīeman
Accusative bīemanbīeman
Genitive bīemanbīemena
Dative bīemanbīemum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baumijā.

Descendants

beme

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