Beme

Beme (OEngl.), med. trumpet, mentioned in OEngl. and MEngl. literature. The word was glossed ca. 800 as concha, and dies out around 1500. The word also occurs as byme. See also: glēo-bēam, trumpe (89, 180). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAuthorAscendingDescending Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London, 1954. Schad, G. Musik und Musikausdrücke in der Mittelenglischen Literatur. Giessen, 1911.