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bútan

  • preposition
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Grammar
bútan, búton, bútun; prep. [be, útan out] .
Wright's OE grammar
§559;
with the dative; cum dativo.
out of, against; extra, contra
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  • Forbærn ðæt celf bútan ðære wícstówe

    ipsum vitulum comburet extra castra,

      Lev. 4, 21.
  • Bútan leódrihte

    against the law of the land,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1357; An. 679.
without, except; sine, absque, præter
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  • Bútan leahtre

    sine crimine,

    Mt
      Bos. 12, 5.
  • Bútan ánum cnihte

    excepto uno puerulo,

      Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 26.
  • Bútan geþeahte

    without thought,

      3, 1; S. 523, 31.
  • Bútan eude

    without end,

      Exon. 11b; Th. 17, 16; Cri. 271: L. E. I. prm ; Th. ii. 400, 28.
with the accusative; cum accusativo.
out of; extra
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  • He lædde hine bútan ða wic

    eduxit eum extra vicum,

      Mk. Bos. 8, 23.
without, except; sine, præter
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  • Bútan sealm

    præter psalmodiam.

      Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 10.
sometimes
bútan is separated from its case
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  • Ðæt Wæs geworden bútan weres frigum

    that came to pass without the favours of man,

      Exon. 8b; Th. 3, 17; Cri. 37.
Etymology
[Chauc, but: R. Brun. bot: R. Glouc. bote: Laym. bute, bote: Orm. buttan, butt: O. Sax. bútan, bótan: Frs. buten: O. Frs. buta: Dut. buiten: Kil. buyten: Ger. bauszen.]
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v.  be-útan búta búta búte búton bútun for-úton.
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  • bútan, prep.