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BEÁTAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
BEÁTAN, part. beátende ; ic beáte, ðú beátest, býtst, he beáteþ, být, pl. beátaþ ; p. beót, pl. beóton ; pp. beáten.
Wright's OE grammar
§518;
to BEAT, strike, lash, dash, hurt; percutere, tundere, verberare, cædere, pulsare, quatere, lædere
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  • Agynþ beátan hys efenþeówas

    cæperit percutere conservos,

    • Mt. Bos. 24, 49
      • .

  • Hwí beátst ðú me

    quid me cædis?

    • Jn. Bos. 18, 23
      • .

  • Ðá Balaam beót ðone assan

    cum Balaam verberaret asinam,

    • Num. 22, 23
      • .

  • Streámas staðu beátaþ

    streams beat the shores,

    • Exon. 101 a ; Th. 382, 4
      • ;
    • Rä. 3, 6
      • .

  • Sǽ on staðu beáteþ

    the sea lashes against the shore,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 6, 30
      • ;
    • Met. 6, 15
      • .

  • Beóton brimstreámas

    the sea-streams dashed,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 477
      • ;
    • An. 239 : 3084
      • ;
    • An. 1545
      • .

  • Ne se bryne beót mæcgum

    nor did the burning hurt the youths,

    • Cd. 187; Th. 232, 24
      • ;
    • Dan. 265
      • .
to beat with the feet, - to tread, trample, tramp; calcare, proculcare
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  • Se mearh burhstede beáteþ

    the steed tramps the castle-place,

    • Beo.Th.4522
      • ;
    • B. 2265
      • .
Etymology
[
Ger. boszen to beat
:
M. H. Ger. bózen id
:
O. H. Ger. pózan id
:
O. Nrs. bauta id
.]
Derived forms
a-beátan, ge-, of-, ofa-, to-
Linked entries
v.  a-beátan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BEÁTAN.” 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/3192.

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