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eofot

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
eofot, eofut, eofet, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§325;
A debt, crime; dēbĭtum, culpa
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  • Be eofotes andetlan. Gif mon on ibices gemóte ge-yppe eofot

    of confession of debt. If a man declare a debt at a folk-mote,

    • L. Alf. pol. 22
    • ;
    • Th. i. 76,
    • 6.
  • Reht oððe eofut oððe scyld

    dēbĭtum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18,
    • 25.
  • Godes ágen bearn, unscyldigne eofota gehwylces, héngon on heáne beám fæderas usse

    our fathers hung up God's own son on a high tree, guiltless of every crime,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 846
    • ;
    • El. 423
    • .
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v.  ge-eofot eofet.
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  • eofot, n.