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bǽtan

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§531;
Substitute:
to bait, worry with dogs,
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  • Gif ðú mid wilddeórum mé bǽtan wylt,

      Hml. S. 8, 85.
    [
    Icel. beita to bait, hunt with dogs
    ]
to beat, make way against the wind or current
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  • Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorðe, and hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, anð eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þá bǽtinge; gif hé ǽr þweores windes bǽtte, warenað hé hine wið ðæt weder

    a good pilot perceives a great wind on a rough sea before it comes on him, and orders the sail to be furled, and also sometimes the mast to be lowered and to leave off beating; if he have before in an adverse wind beat, he guards himself against the storm,

    • Bt. 41, 3
      • ;
    • S. 144, 28-32.
Etymology
[
Icel. beita to go against the wind.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bǽtan.” 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/39459.

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