Old English Dictionary Entry

Beám-sceadu

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 beám-sceadu

f. A tree-shade, the shade of a tree; arborum umbra :-- Gewitan him ðá gangan under beámsceade then they retired under the tree-shade, Cd. 40; Th. 53, l0; Gen. 859. Hí slépon under beámsceade they slept under the tree-shade, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 55; Met. 8, 28. beam-sceadu

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᚪᛗ-ᛋᚳᛠᛞᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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