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a-bútan

  • preposition
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Grammar
a-bútan, -búton; prep. acc. [a + be + útan]
Wright's OE grammar
§559;
ABOUT, around, round about; circa
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  • Ðú tæcst Israhela folce abútan ðone múnt

    thou shall take the people of Israel around the mountain.

    • Ex. 19, 12
    • .
  • Abúton

    circa eos,

    • Mk. Bos. 9, 14
    • .
  • Abúton stán

    about a stone,

    • L. N. P. L. 54; Th. ii. 298, 16
    • .
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  • a-bútan, prep.