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be-gitan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-gitan, -gietan; -gytan; part.-gitende; ic -gite, ðú -gytst, he -gyteþ, pl. -gytaþ; p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -geten; v. a. [be, gitan to get]
To get, obtain, take, acquire, to seek out, receive, gain, seize, lay hold of, catch; sumere, obtinere, assequi, acquirere, nancisci, capere, comprehendere, arripere
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  • Ǽlc mód wilnaþ sóþes gódes to begitanne

    every mind wishes to get the true good

    • Bt. 24, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 82, 1.

  • Hí ða burh mihton eáðe begitan

    they might easily have taken the city

    • Ors. 3, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 56, 10.

  • He begeat ealle ða eást land

    he obtained all the east country

    • Ors. 3, 11
      • ;
    • Bos. 72, 6.

  • Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte

    quid acquiris de tua arte?

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3 : Ps. Th. 83, 3 : 68, 37.

  • Ðe hý under Alexandre begeáton

    which [riches] they had gained under Alexander

    • Ors. 3, 11
      • ;
    • Bos. 73, 27 : Beo. Th. 4490
      • ;
    • B. 2249.

  • Fin sweord-bealo begeat

    misery from the sword seized Fin

    • Beo. Th. 2297
      • ;
    • B. 1146.
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v.  bi-geat bi-gitan bi-gytan be-tytene be-getende be-gietan be-gytan be-gytst.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-gitan.” 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/3444.

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