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on-bítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
on-bítan, p. -bát; pp. -biten (with gen.)
To taste of, partake of
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  • Se ðæs wæstmes onbát,

      Cd. Th. 30, 21; Gen. 470: 42, 22; Gen. 677.
  • Gif wulf ǽniges cynnes orf tóslíte, and hit forðon deád beo, ne onbíte (

    gustet

    ) his nán Cristen man,
      L. Ecg. P. iv. 29; Th. ii. 212, 26.
  • Anbíte, iv. 28; Th. ii. 212, 23.
  • Gecýðan ðæt heó ðæs forstolenan ne onbite,

      L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 10.
  • Ne sceal hé huniges onbítan,

      Lchdm. ii. 222, 20.
  • Ne hit se mon drincan meahte, ne his ǽnig neát onbítan ne meahte,

      Nar. 8, 32.
  • Nǽnigre wǽtan onbítan. Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 16, 24,
Etymology
[O. Sax. an-bítan: O. H. Ger. en-bízan.]
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