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beátan

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of living creatures
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  • Sume hí beóton

    quosdam caedentes,

      Mt. 12, 5.

  • Hí beóton his heáfod

    percutiebant caput ejus,

      Mt. 27, 30.

  • Hí beóton heora breóst,

      Hml. Th. ii. 258, 9.

  • Gif man hiné beáte,

      Ll. Th. i. 348, 5.

  • Þone þe þé beáton sceolde,

      Hml. S. 4, 148.

  • Sí beáten

    pulsetur,

      Angl. xiii. 390, 357.
where the instrument is given,
to beat with (mid):--
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  • Ic mid fýste breóst míne beáte,

      Dóm. L. 30.

  • Hé hine mid his handum beót,

      Gr. D. 20, 25.

  • Þone hálgan beátan mid heardun saglum,

      Hml. S. 4, 142.

  • Heora neb beátan mid flintum,

      11, 99.
to beat with the feet, to tread:--
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  • Beáteþ

    quatit (ungula campum ),

      An. Ox. 16.
where the place of the blow is given:--
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  • Hé beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne

      Gr. D. 20, 29.
of things
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  • Beátendes hameres

    tundentis mallei,

      An. Ox. 480.

  • Beátendra slecgea

    tundentium malleorum,

      Coll. M. 31, 7.
with dat.
to beat on:--
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  • Ne se bryne beót mæcgum (cf. Milton's 'the torrid clime smote on him sore'),

      Dan. 265.
intrans.
To beat on
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  • Hé on his breóst beót,

      H. R. 15, 29.

  • Þeáh man mid hameron beóte on þæt þell,

      Wlfst. 147, 6.
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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/39588.

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