Ele-beám

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ele-beám

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ele-beám

m. [ele oil, beám a tree] An olive-tree; ŏlea, ŏlīva:--Elebeám ŏlea vel ŏlīva, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 111; Wrt. Voc. 27, 40: 47; Som. 65, 18; Wrt. Voc. 33, 17: 80, 25: 285, 70: Ps. Lamb. 51, 10. Heó brohte elebeámes twíg she brought a twig of olive-tree, Cd. 72; Th. 88, 30; Gen. 1473. Heó brohte án twíg of ánum elebeáme illa portāvit rāmum ŏlīvæ, Gen. 8, 11. Ealle eówre elebeámas forwurþaþ all your olive-trees shall perish, Deut. 28, 40: Ps. Th. 127, 4. Syndon bearn ðíne swá swá nywlícra elebergena oððe guógaþ elebeáma sunt fīlii tui sīcut novellæ ŏlīvārum, Ps. Lamb. 127, 3. Dó swá on ðínum wínearde and on ðínum elebeámon ĭta făcies in vīnea et in ŏlī;vēto tuo, Ex. 23, 11. He eów sylþ elebeámas ðe gé ne plantudon dĕdĕrit tibi ŏlīvēta quæ non plantasti, Deut. 6, 11. Unwæstmbǽre elebeám an unfruitful or wild olive-tree; ŏleaster, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 19; Wrt. Voc. 33, 19: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 15. ele-beam

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ᛖᛚᛖ-ᛒᛖᚪᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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