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a-bítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
a-bítan, ic -bíte, ðú -bítest, -bítst, he -bíteþ, -bit, pl. -bítaþ; p. -bát, pl. -biton; pp. -biten; v. a.
Wright's OE grammar
§646;
To bite, eat, consume, devour; mordere, arrodere, mordendo necare, comedere, devorare
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  • Gif hit wíldeór abítaþ, bere forþ ðæt abitene and ne agife

    si comestum a bestia, deferat ad eum quod occisum est, et non restituet,

    • Ex. 22, 13
      • .

  • He abát his suna

    he ate his children.

    • Salm. Kmbl. p. 121, 15
      • .

  • Ðæt se wód-freca were-wulf tó fela ne abíte of godcundre heorde

    that the ferocious man-wolf devour not too many of the spiritual flock,

    • L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 31
      • .

  • Míne scép sind abitene

    my sheep are devoured.

    • Homl. Th. i. 242, 10
      • .

  • Ðú his ne abítst

    non comedas ex eo.

    • Deut. 28, 31
      • .
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v. bítan.
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v.  a-bát.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-bítan.” 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/63.

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