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ge-beót

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-beót, es; n. [ge-, beót a threatening] .
a threatening, threat, boast; commĭnātio, mĭnæ
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  • Alýs us, Drihten, fram his gebeóte and mihte

    redeem us, Lord, from his threatening and might,

    • Homl. Th. i. 568, 22
    • .
  • Swá fela þeóda wurdon todǽlede æt ðæle wundorlícan byrig ðe ða entas woldon wircean mid gebeóte æfter Noes flóde, ǽr ðan ðe hí toferdon

    so many [of] nations were divided at the wonderful city which the giants would build with boasting after the flood of Noah, before they parted,

    • Ælfc. T. 39, 10-12
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a promise/; promissum
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  • Ofer eald gebeót

    contrary to the old promise,

    • Exon. 123 b; Th. 475, 13
    • ;
    • Bo. 47
    • . [Laym. ibeot.
    ]
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word-gebeót
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