Middle English Dictionary Entry
bẹ̄men v.(2)
Entry Info
Forms | bẹ̄men v.(2) |
Etymology | Cp. WS bȳmian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To blow a trumpet; fig. to resound like a trumpet.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)117a : Swa deð þe wel blaweð: went te nearewe of þe horn to his ahne muð ant utward þet wide. Ant ȝe don alswa as ȝe wulleð þet ower beoden bemin [Nero: bemen] wel & dremen i drihtines earen.