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Grammar
andeta, andetta.
Substitute: The word seems indeclinable and to be used only in the phrase beón (wesan, weorþan) andetta = to admit a charge, liability, & c.,
with gen.
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  • Gielde sé þæs sleges andetta sié wer and wíte let him that admits the slaying (acknowledges that he slew the man) pay 'wer' and

    'wíte,'

      Ll. Th. i. 80, 7.

  • Ic þé eom andetta mínra synna,

      Angl. xiii. 501, 15.

  • Ic þe eom andetta bóte

    I admit to thee my liability to make amends,

      501, 17, 23.

  • Ðonne cuæð se biscop and ðára hína wiotan þet hió him néren máran ondeta (

    that they did not admit to him liability for more

    ) þonne hit árǽded wæs on Æðelbaldes dæge,
      Cht. Th. 70, 25.
with a clause
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  • Swíþe seldon ǽnig man wile beón andetta ꝥ hé æfestig sý,

      Bl. H. 65, 4.

  • Heó him tó sprǽcon ymbe ꝥ land, ꝥ hé his him geúðe; ðá wæs hé ondeta ꝥ hé swá walde

    he admitted that he was willing to do so,

      Cht. Th. 47, 18.

  • Þú hæbbe forgitan þæt ðú ǽr andætta wére ꝥ þú wisse,

      Shrn. 191, 26.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ant-heiz(z)o; ih in antheizo uuard.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “andeta.” 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/38607.

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