Obs. Forms: 1 *bémian, býmian, 36 bemen. [f. prec. sb.]
1. intr. To blow on a trumpet.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, Voc., 190. Salpizo vel buccino, ic byme.
c. 1000. Lamb. Ps. lxxx[i]. 4 (Bosw.). Bymiaþ oððe hlyriaþ on niwum monþe mid byman.
2. transf. a. intr. To make a loud din or noise.
b. trans. To trumpet or din (a thing).
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 430. And ȝe þet ower beoden bemen & dreamen wel ine Drihtenes earen.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, V. iii. 90. Quhill the meikle hillis Bemys agane hit with the brute so schill is. Ibid., V. vii. 40.
3. trans. To summon with a trumpet.
c. 1450. Gaw. & Gologras, iii. 8. The folk That bemyt war be the lord.