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1.
binne
adv. & prep.
33 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
Of location: inside, within, in; into;
binne and bouten, forth
, inside and outside;
binne borde
, on board.
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bǒute(n
adv. & prep.
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bouten
42 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Outside of;
binnen burgh and boute
, within and without the town; (b) outside, outwardly.
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and
conj. (& adv.)
267 quotations in 9 senses
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As a simple additive connective linking syntactic elements of the same order: and. (a) Nouns, noun phrases, or pronouns; (b) adjectives & adj. phrases; (c) numerals; (d) adverbs & prepositions;
wel
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