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Old Norse
Etymology
From Middle Low German basūne, bassūne[1]
Noun
básún n
- bassoon
- 1951, Guðni Jónsson (ed.), Þiðreks saga af Bern, Herferð Þiðreks gegn Erminreki, (normalised version of Bertelsen's edition), Reykjavík
Ok nú er morgnar ok alljóst er orðit, stendr Þiðrekr konungr upp ok lætr blása sín básún, ok þegar í stað lætr við kveða junkherra Þether sína lúðra ok slíkt it sama markgreifi Roðingeirr, ok standa nú upp allir ok vápna sik. [...] Ok er þat sjá Ömlungar, lætr Sifka blása básún Erminreks konungs. Ok er þetta heyrir Viðga ok Reinaldr, þá láta þeir blása öllum sínum mönnum til at vápnast ok búa sik til orrostu.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1951, Guðni Jónsson (ed.), Þiðreks saga af Bern, Niflunga saga, (normalised version of Bertelsen's edition), Reykjavík
Högni lætr nú við kveða sinn básún ok stefnir til sín öllum Niflungum, en Högni er nú kominn við borgarvegginn. Nú koma til hans allir Niflungar.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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