be-gitan
- verb [ strong ]
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Ǽlc mód wilnaþ sóþes gódes to begitanne
every mind wishes to get the true good
- Bt. 24, 2 ;
- Fox 82, 1.
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Hí ða burh mihton eáðe begitan
they might easily have taken the city
- Ors. 3, 4 ;
- Bos. 56, 10.
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He begeat ealle ða eást land
he obtained all the east country
- Ors. 3, 11 ;
- Bos. 72, 6.
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Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte
quid acquiris de tua arte?
- Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3 : Ps. Th. 83, 3 : 68, 37.
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Ðe hý under Alexandre begeáton
which [riches] they had gained under Alexander
- Ors. 3, 11 ;
- Bos. 73, 27 : Beo. Th. 4490 ;
- B. 2249.
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Fin sweord-bealo begeat
misery from the sword seized Fin
- Beo. Th. 2297 ;
- B. 1146.
Bosworth, Joseph. “be-gitan.” 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/3444.
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