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beótian

  • verb [ weak ]
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beótian, beótigan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed[beót I. a threatening] .
to threaten; minari, minitari
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  • Agustinus is sǽd, ðæt he beótigende fórecwǽde

    Augustinus fertur minitans prædixisse

    • Bd. 2, 2
    • ;
    • S. 503, 29 : Exon. 67 b
    • ;
    • Th. 250, 35
    • ;
    • Jul. 137.
to boast, vow, promise; magna loqui, polliceri, spondere
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  • Swá he beótode ǽr wið his beáhgifan

    as he boasted before towards his ring-giver

    • Byrht. Th. 140, 18
    • ;
    • By. 290.
  • Ful oft wit beótedan, ðæt unc ne gedǽlde nemne ðeáþ ána

    full oft we two vowed, that naught should part us save death alone

    • Exon. 115 a
    • ;
    • Th. 442, 32
    • ;
    • Kl. 21.
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v.  tó-beótiende biótian beót.
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