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ge-bétan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-bétan, he -béteþ, pl. -bétaþ; p. bétte, pl. bétton; pp. -béted, -bétt; v. trans, [ge-, bétan to amend] .
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
to make better, improve, mend, amend, repair; emendāre, repărāre
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  • Gimmas ne scearpnesse gebétaþ

    gems do not improve sharpness,

    • Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 33
      • .

  • Ðæt hí gebétton

    that they repaired,

    • Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 54, 15
      • :
    • Bt. 20: Fox 70, 35
      • .

  • Geboeton netta hiora

    reficientes retia sua,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 21
      • .

  • Geboeta

    curare,

    • 4, 24
      • .

  • Giboeted wæs ðá fýr

    accenso autem igni,

    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 55
      • .
to make strong, fortify, surround with a wall; confirmāre, munīre, mūrāre
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  • Sceáwiaþ ðæt land hwæðer hit wæstmbǽre sí, and ða burga gebétte oððe bútan weallum

    consīdĕrāte terram, quālis sit, hŭmus pinguis, et urbes quāles, mūrātæ an absque mūris,

    • Num. 13, 20
      • .
to make amends, reparation, 'bót' for, repent
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  • Ðonne sceolan we mid úre ánre, sáule forgyldan and gebétan ealle ða ðing ðe we ǽr ofor his bebod gedydon

    then must we with our soul alone make recompence and amends for all things that we have previously done against his command,

    • Blickl. Homl. 91, 16; 63, 34; 57, 27
      • :
    • Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 5
      • ;
    • H.R. 107, 4
      • .

  • Hea geboeton

    pæniterent,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 13
      • .
to obtain a remedy against, to get 'bót' from, avenge
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  • Ðú wille cweðan ðæt ða welgan habban mid hwam hí mǽgen ðæt [hunger, thirst, cold] gebétan

    you will say that the rich have wherewith they can remedy that,

    • Boeth. 26, 2; Fox 92, 37
      • .

  • Ne meahte on ðam feorh-bonan fǽhþe gebétan

    could not avenge the feud on the murderer.

    • Beo. Th. 4922
      • ;
    • B. 2465
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. ga-bótjan
:
O. Sax. gi-bótean
:
O. H. Ger. ga-bózian
.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-bétt ge-bótad.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-bétan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13656.

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