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ge-bycgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-bycgan, -bicgan, -bicgean; ic -bycge, -bicge, ðú -bygest, -bigest, he -bygeþ, -bigeþ, -bigþ, pl. -bycgaþ, -bicgaþ; p. -bohte, pl. bohton; pp. -boht
To buy, procure, purchase, redeem; emere, redimere
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  • Hí meahton hefonríce gebycgan [MS. gebycggan]

    they could buy the kingdom of heaven,

    • Past. 59, 2; Swt. 449, 15
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    • Hat. MS
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  • Cyning sceal mid ceápe cwéne gebicgan

    a king shall buy a queen with goods

    • Exon. 90a; Th.338, 22
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 82
      • .
    [For this use of the verb see Grimm R.A. pp. 421 sqq. where similar phrases in other dialects are given.]

  • Ðæt hý móston friþ gebicgean

    that they might buy peace,

    • L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 13
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  • Ic gebycge bát

    I buy a boat,

    • Exon. 119 a; Th. 458, 11
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    • Hy. 4, 99
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  • Ðæt hí man beágum gebycge

    that one may buy her with bracelets,

    • Menol. Fox 551
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    • Gn. C. 45
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    • L. H. E. 16; Th. i. 34, 3
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    • L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 11
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  • Bútan he hine æt ðam cynge gebicge

    unless he buys it of the king,

    • L. Edg. ii. 3; Th. i. 266, 18
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  • Gif mon hwelcne ceáp gebyceþ

    if a man buy any kind of cattle,

    • L. In. 56; Th. i. 138, 10
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  • Gif man mægþ gebigeþ

    if a man buy a maiden,

    • L. Ethb. 77; Th. i. 22, 1
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  • Se man gebigþ ðone æcer

    homo emit agrum illum,

    • Mt. Bos. 13, 44
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  • Hine gebohte Putifar

    emit eum Putiphar,

    • Gen. 39, 1
      • :
    • Cd. 149; Th. 187, 15
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    • Exod. 151
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    • Beo. Th. 1951
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    • B. 973 : 4956
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    • B. 2481
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  • God us deópum ceápe gebohte

    Deus redemit nos alto pretio,

    • L. C. E. 18; Th. i. 370, 28
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    • Exon. 29 a; Th. 89, 27
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    • Cri. 1463 : 98 a; Th. 368, 25
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    • Seel. 30
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  • Ðú blóde gebohtest bearn Israéla

    thou host redeemed the children of Israel with thy blood,

    • Hy. 8, 26
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    • Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 26
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  • Lundenwaru him friþ gebohton

    the Londoners bought themselves peace,

    • Chr. 1016; Erl. 159, 23
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  • Nǽnig usic mið leáne gebohte

    nemo nos conduxit,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 20, 7
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  • Geboht þeówa

    emptitius,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 33; Wrt. Voc. 50, 16
      • :
    • Gen. 17, 12
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v.  ge-bicgan ge-bigeþ ge-boht ge-bygeþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-bycgan.” 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/13820.

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