† bemen.
Obsolete.
a. A trumpet.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > trumpet
bemea800
stockc950
trump1297
buysine1340
trumpeta1393
swash1533
slug-horna1770
horn1935
a800 Corpus Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker Voc. 15 Concha, beme.
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care 244 Biemena dæg & gedynes ofer ealla truma ceastra.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 2 Ne blawe may byman [ Rushw. beman, c1160 Hatt. G. beman] beforan þe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2547 Bemen [c1300 Otho Bemes] þer bleowen.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3521 Ðat dredful beames blast.
a1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4676 Þe beme þat blaw sal on domsday.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. vii. 70 At hys commyng shall bemys blaw.
c1500 Death in J. O. Halliwell Nugæ Poeticæ (1844) 40 When bemes shalle blawe rewly one rawe.
b. figurative (in allusion to Matthew vi. 2) ? Noise, parade.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour
reamOE
ropeOE
brack?c1200
utas1202
hootinga1225
berec1225
noise?c1225
ludea1275
cryc1275
gredingc1275
boastc1300
utasa1325
huec1330
outcrya1382
exclamation1382
ascry1393
spraya1400
clamourc1405
shoutingc1405
scry1419
rumourc1425
motion?a1439
bemec1440
harrowc1440
shout1487
songa1500
brunt1523
ditec1540
uproar1544
clamouring1548
outrage1548
hubbub1555
racket1565
succlamation1566
rear1567
outcrying1569
bellowing1579
brawl1581
hue and cry1584
exclaiming1585
exclaim1587
sanctus1594
hubbaboo1596
oyez1597
conclamation1627
sputter1673
rout1684
dirduma1693
hallalloo1737
yelloching1773
pillaloo1785
whillaloo1790
vocitation1819
blue murder1828
blaring1837
shilloo1842
shillooing1845
pillalooing1847
shriek1929
yammering1937
c1440 Arthur 108 Seyeþ a Pater noster wythout any Beeme.
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† bemev.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To blow on a trumpet.
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c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 190 Salpizo vel buccino, ic byme.
c1000 Lambeth Psalter lxxx[i]. 4 Bymiaþ oððe hlyriaþ on niwum monþe mid byman.
2. transferred.
a. intransitive. To make a loud din or noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (intransitive)]
flitec900
beme?c1225
thunderc1374
full-sounda1382
claryc1440
reird1508
shout1513
to make the welkin ring1590
rally1728
din1798
alarm1839
trombone1866
clarion1885
blast1931
blare1955
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 316 & ȝe..þet ower beoden bemen wel & dreamen in drichtines earen.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. vii. 40 The Troianys..Murmuryt and bemyt on the ilke wyss.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. iii. 90 Quhill the mekyll hyllys Bemys agane, hyt with the brute so schil is.
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b. transitive. To trumpet or din (a thing).
3. transitive. To summon with a trumpet.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > by other sound
beme1508
clocka1535
cluck1583
hist1645
chuckle1690
shrill1859
society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > sound signal on instrument [verb (transitive)] > with bugle or trumpet
trumpc1384
beme1508
sound1569
trumpet1609
bugle1835
clarion1840
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cv The folk..That bemyt war bethe lord.
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