but, n.
1. (cible) m(e)arc/mærc (f. ō) > a.m. march, got. marka (f. ō), v.n. mark (nt.), merki (nt. ja), v.h.a. marca (f. ō) > all.m. Mark, v.fr. merke.
2. (dessein, objectif) a. andgi(e)t/andget/andgyt/on(d)git (nt. a) ♦ ātihting/ātyhting (f. ō) ♦ diht/dyht (nt. ?), v.h.a. dichta (f.) > all.m. Dicht ♦ ende (m. ja) > a.m. end, got. andeis (m. ja et i), v.n. endi(r) (m. ja), v.h.a. enti/anti (m. et nt. ja) > all.m. Ende, v.s. endi (m. et nt.), v.fr. enda/ende ♦ foresetnes (f. jō) ♦ gemynd/gemund/gemend (f. i) > a.m. mind, got. gamunds (f. i), v.h.a. gimunt (f.) ♦ gemynt (nt.) ♦ gerād (nt.) ♦ geþanc/geþonc/geþang, v.h.a. githanc > all.m. Gedanke {m. a} ♦ geþe(a)ht/geþæht (f. et nt. i) ♦ geþōht (m. a) ♦ ingehygdnes (f. jō) ♦ ingeþanc (m. a) ♦ mynna (m. an) ♦ ontyhting/ontihting (f. ō) ♦ syge (m.) ♦ þing (nt. a) > a.m. thing, v.n. þing (nt.), v.h.a. thing (nt. a) > all.m. Ding, v.s. thing, v.fr. thing (nt. a). but à atteindre mircels/mercels/myrcels (m. et f.).
b. dans ce but þǣrtō > a.m. thereto. dans un but bien déterminé mid gewisse. droit au but (directement) gegnunga/ge(a)gninga/geanunga. sans but (sans raison, sans intention) butan intingan ♦ hōlunga/hōlenga/hōlinga/hōlonga ♦ on īdel, v.fr. īdle ♦ on/in īdelnisse ♦ īdellīce ♦ unnytwurþlīce/unnytwirþlīce. dans le but de, loc. prép. for þæm þæt ♦ on þā gerād þæt ♦ tō þæm þæt/tō þon þæt/tō þȳ þæt ♦ þæt > a.m. that, v.n. at, v.h.a. thaz/daz/dat > all.m. dass, v.s. that, v.fr. that ♦ þur(u)h > a.m. through, got. þairh, v.h.a. duruh/dhurah > all.m. durch. dans quel but tō hwon.