Obs. Forms: 1 *bémian, býmian, 3–6 bemen. [f. prec. sb.]

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  1.  intr. To blow on a trumpet.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, Voc., 190. Salpizo vel buccino, ic byme.

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c. 1000.  Lamb. Ps. lxxx[i]. 4 (Bosw.). Bymiaþ oððe hlyriaþ on niwum monþe mid byman.

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  2.  transf. a. intr. To make a loud din or noise.

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  b.  trans. To trumpet or din (a thing).

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 430. And ȝe … þet ower beoden bemen & dreamen wel ine Drihtenes earen.

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1513.  Douglas, Æneis, V. iii. 90. Quhill the meikle hillis Bemys agane hit with the brute so schill is. Ibid., V. vii. 40.

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  3.  trans. To summon with a trumpet.

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c. 1450.  Gaw. & Gologras, iii. 8. The folk … That bemyt war be the lord.

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