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býn

  • adjective
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býn, def. se býna, seó, ðæt býne; adj. [býþ; pres. of búan to inhabit, occupy]
Inhabited, occupied; habitatus
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  • Ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost

    the inhabited land is broadest eastward,

      Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 45.
  • Licgaþ wilde móras on emnlange ðæm býnum lande

    wild mountains lie along the inhabited land,

      1, 1; Bos. 20, 44.
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  • býn, adj.