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bearn-teám

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Substitute:
progeny, offspring, issue
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  • Wlmér and his bearntém,

      Cht. Th. 592, 15.

  • Hé bi þǽre fægerne bearnteám gestrýnde, seó wæs Agathes geháten,

    • Chr. 1057
      • ;
    • P. 188, 14.

  • Seó gelaðung ácenð micelne bearnteám,

      Hml. A. 30, 161.

  • Ꝥ hí heora bearn-teám gebringon tó Críste þurh fulluht,

      34, 254.

  • Þæt hié wolden fultum-leáse beón æt heora bearnteámum

    intercepta spe sobolis,

    • Ors. 1, 14
      • ;
    • S. 56, 22.
child-bearing, procreation of children
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  • On ǽgþrum is mægðhád and eác swylce bearnteám, and se bearnteám ne wanode þone mægðhád,

      Hml. A. 31, 165.

  • Isaac ábæd hyre bearnteámes,

      38, 344.

  • Gesceafta ne beóð ástealde bútan for bearnteáme ánum,

      20, 161.

  • Swíðor for bearnteáme þonne for gálnysse

    propagandi voluntas pia fuit, quia concumbendi voluntas libidinosa non fuit,

      Angl. vii. 44, 443: Hml. Th. ii. 54, 10: 70, 20: 94, 13.

  • On gástlicum bearnteáme,

      Hml. A. 29, 129.
Etymology
[
Scot. barn-teme, v. Dict.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bearn-teám.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/39583.

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