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a-getan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
a-getan, p. de, te; pp. ed
To seize, take away, destroy; corripere, eripere, delere
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  • Sumne sceal gár agetan

    the spear shall take one away,

    • Exon. 87a; Th. 328, 11
    • ;
    • Vy. 16
    • :
    • Andr. Grm. 1144
    • :
    • Exon. 127b; Th. 491, 3
    • ;
    • Rä. 80, 8
    • .
  • Ðǽr læg secg mænig gárum ageted

    there lay many a warrior destroyed by javelins,

    • Chr. 937; Th. 202, 21, col. 1
    • ;
    • Æðelst, 18.
Derived forms
getan
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