būtan, preposition. without; except; except for.
These spellings occur in the Old English Aerobics texts:
- būtan
- būton
This word occurs 26 times in the Old English Aerobics Anthology. To see a list of occurrences of būtan in a text, click a title below. Click a line- or sentence-number to see the word in context.
Beowulf
Boethius on Fame
Cynewulf and Cyneheard
Life of St Æthelthryth
- [30] būtan. without.
Lyric for Advent
Ohthere and Wulfstan
- [13] būtan. except for.
Sermo Lupi ad Anglos
Story of Cædmon
- [35] būton. without.
Waldere
- 34 būton. except for.
William the Conqueror
- [7] būton. except for.
Ælfric on the Book of Job
Exercises and sample sentences
- būton. except for.
- būton. without.
- būton. except.
- būtan. without.