Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: be-me
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mediaeval trumpet, usually used in hunting or warfare.

Example Sentences

"Heart of lion! sound the beme! Sound it into inner lands; […]"
"One of the long, curved horns was known as a beme and shows up as the instrument of choice blown by angels announcing the Biblical Day of Judgment."
"And when the host on both parties saw that sword drawn, then they blew bemes, trumpets, and horns, and shouted grimly, and so both hosts dressed them together."
"[…] be inserted directly into each other to make the long, straight beme or trompe."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English beme, from Old English bēme, bȳme, bīeme (“wooden trumpet; tablet, billet”), from Proto-West Germanic *baumijā (“wooden instrument or utensil”), from Proto-Germanic *baumaz (“tree, lumber, beam, wood”). Related to beam.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: bēme, *baumijā, *bagmaz

Inflected Forms

bemes (plural)

Questions

What does beme mean?: A mediaeval trumpet, usually used in hunting or warfare.
Where does beme come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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