beme

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English beme, from Old English bēme, bȳme, bīeme (“wooden trumpet; tablet, billet”), from Proto-West Germanic *baumijā (“wooden instrument or utensil”), from Proto-Germanic *baumaz (“tree, lumber, beam, wood”). Related to beam.

Noun

beme (plural bemes)

  1. (historical) A mediaeval trumpet, usually used in hunting or warfare.
    • 1789, Thomas Chatterton, William Barrett's History of Bristol, page 641:
      Heart of lion! sound the beme!
      Sound it into inner lands; […]
    • 2008, Suzanne Lord, Music in the Middle Ages:
      One of the long, curved horns was known as a beme and shows up as the instrument of choice blown by angels announcing the Biblical Day of Judgment.
    • 2014, Sir Thomas Malory, Maureen Okun, Joseph Black, Le Morte Darthur, page 302:
      And when the host on both parties saw that sword drawn, then they blew bemes, trumpets, and horns, and shouted grimly, and so both hosts dressed them together.
    • 2014, Jeremy Montagu, Horns and Trumpets of the World, page 94:
      […] be inserted directly into each other to make the long, straight beme or trompe.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bēme, Anglian form of bīeme, bȳme (“trumpet; tablet, billet”), from Proto-West Germanic *baumijā; compare beem.

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Pronunciation

Noun

beme (plural bemes or bemen)

  1. A trumpet (musical instrument)
  2. A hunting horn or warhorn.
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Descendants
  • → English: beme
References

Etymology 2

Noun

beme

  1. Alternative form of beem
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