be-metan
- verb [ strong ]
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Ðæt hý ðá æt nihstan hý sylfe to nóhte bemǽtan
that they at last compared themselves to nought
- Ors. 3, 7 ;
- Bos. 60, 43.
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Ðæt hý ná siððan nánes anwealdes hý ne bemǽtan, ne nánes freódómes
that afterwards they did not consider themselves [possessed] of any power, nor of any freedom
- 3, 7 ;
- Bos. 62, 11.
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Ðæt hý heora miclan ánwealdes and longsuman hý sylfe siððan wið Alexander to náhte [ne] bemǽtan
that, in respect of their great and lasting power, they estimated themselves at nothing against Alexander
- 3, 9 ;
- Bos. 65, 39 : 4, 6 ;
- Bos. 86, 17.
Bosworth, Joseph. “be-metan.” 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/3636.
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