beme

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beme

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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 bemes

historical A mediaeval trumpet, usually used in hunting or warfare. Heart of lion! sound the beme! Sound it into inner lands; […]

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@misc{beme_2026,
  title = {beme},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beme},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}