Noun: beam
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | bēam |
| Plural | bēamas |
Genitive
| Singular | bēames |
| Plural | bēama |
Dative
| Singular | bēame |
| Plural | bēamum |
Accusative
| Singular | bēam |
| Plural | bēamas |
Sample Sentences
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Laws of King Ine
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Ðonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof. (If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.)
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Codex Vercillensis
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Wæs sē bēam bōcstafum āwriten. (The tree was inscribed with letters.)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *baum.
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