be-ūtan

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be-ūtan, preposition: without, outside. (beh-OO-tahn / bɛ-ˈuː-tan)

Medieval manuscript image of a person and an angel on the outer wall of a castle, looking outside to a hybrid creature playing a long golden horn; the hybrid creature has a man’s form from head to waist, with a lion-like bottom half and long spiky tail.
Decretals of Gregory IX; France (Toulouse), late 13th/early 14th century; British Library, Royal 10 E IV, f. 2v. [bl.uk]

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