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be-geát

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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be-geát, es; n. (f.
in Laym.).
attainment, acquisition
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  • For begeáte þæs écan lífes,

      Hml. Th. i. 240, 7: ii. 70, 22.
  • For begeáte

    obtentu,

      An. Ox. 2698: 3915.
what is acquired, possessions, property
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  • Cýð mildheortnysse earmum mannum mid þínum begeáte,

      Hml. Th. ii. 104, 27.
  • Mid þínum begeátum,

      Wlfst. 286, 29.
  • Hí læccað of manna begeátum lóc hwæt hí gefón magan,

      Ll. Th. ii. 328, 4.
  • Unlytel on ǽhtum . . , mycele welan on manegum begeátum,

      Hml. A. 108, 202.
Etymology
[Þe biȝeate of heouene, A. R. 166. He biȝet þeos þreo biȝeaten, 160. For þære muchele biȝæte (-ȝeate, 2nd MS.), Laym. 609. Towarrd erþliȝ biȝæte, Orm. 16835.]
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  • be-geát, n.