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a-bútan

  • adverb
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a-bútan, -búton; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§559;
ABOUT ; circa
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  • Besæt ðone castel abútan

    beset the castle about,

    • Chr. 1088; Th. i. 357, 29
    • .
  • Besǽton ðone castel abúton

    they beset the castle about,

    • Chr. 1090; Th. i. 358, 25
    • .
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  • a-bútan, adv.