Middle English Dictionary Entry
bẹ̄-mī n.
Entry Info
Forms | bẹ̄-mī n. |
Etymology | L names of musical notes. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mus. B-natural.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)246 : Bemi haþe 3 a-cordis.
- a1500 MSerm.Mol.(Adv 19.3.1)83 : Drynke thu to me..and halde the coppe in are. Why mowre in are then in bemy? For sothe every clarke that can rede and syng seythe that are gothe befor bemy.