cederbeam

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Old English

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Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *cedrubaum. Equivalent to ċeder +‎ bēam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe͜o.dorˌbæ͜ɑːm/

Noun

ċederbēam m

  1. cedar
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Fēower hund and ðūsend cræta hē hæfde, and twelf ðūsend riddena; þrēo ðūsend biġspella hē ġesette, and fīf ðūsend lēoða; and asmēade bē ǣlċum trēowcynne, fram ðām hēagan ċederbēame, oðpæt hē cōm tō ðǣre lȳtlan ysopan. Ēac swylċe bē nȳtenum, and fixum, and fugelum hē smēade, and of eallum lēodum cōmon menn tō ġehȳrenne Salomones wīsdōm.
      He had one thousand, four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; he composed three thousand proverbs, and five thousand songs; and he contemplated on every kind of tree, from the tall cedar, to the little hyssop. Likewise, he contemplated animals, and fish, and birds, and people came from every tribe in order to hear Solomon's wisdom.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ċederbēam ċederbēamas
accusative ċederbēam ċederbēamas
genitive ċederbēames ċederbēama
dative ċederbēame ċederbēamum

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