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to get for one's self,
of acquisition, posses-sion
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  • Ic begeat æt Denulfe þá windcirican,

      Cht. Th. 156, 21.

  • Bigaet

    obtenuit,

      Txts. 81, 1409.

  • Se bisceop wæs Scyttisc and Sce~ Oswald hine begeat on ðás ðeóde

    the bishop was Scottish and St. Oswald got him into this country,

      Shrn. 124, 10.

  • Hé begeat Arues dohtor him tó wífe,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 9.

  • Hé beget þá burg,

      Chr. 919; P. 100, II. Hé
    begeat forð mid him fela scipu, 1052; P. 178, 14.

  • Hié him þǽr scipu begéton,

      897; P. 89, 28.

  • Namige man him .xiiii., and begyte [hé] .xi. (

    let him take xi

    ),
      Ll. Th. i. 410, II. Wulfnóð cuconne oððe deádne begytan, Chr. .1009; P. 138, 23.

  • Mid eallon þám genge þe hé begeotan mihte,

      1065; P. 191, 27.

  • Éce líf begeotan,

      Bl. H. 97, 28.

  • Begitende

    con-quirens.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 53.

  • Begiotende

    nactus,

      61, 23.

  • Ðǽre be-gitenan

    indeptae,

      76, 55.

  • Ðá sócna ðe into ðám mynstre nú begytene (printed betytene, C. D. B. iii. 561, 29)

    causas omnium terrarum ad monasterium pertinentium,

      C. D. iii. 61, 12.

  • Hié hæfdon monega byrig begietena,

      Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 24.

  • Begetna

    comprehensos,

      Mt. L. 4, 24.
where a request, favour, &c., is granted
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  • Hé sende tó ðám cyninge, and begeat þæt hé móste Iosiam beheáfdian,

      Hml. Th. ii. 422, 26.

  • Hé begeat æt þám cásere ꝥ hé ácwellan móste þá menn,

      Hml. S. 37, 24.

  • Beget,

      Guth. 54, 5.

  • Þéh þe Benedictus begeáte ꝥ hé férde þurh þone gást,

      Gr. D. 150, 16.

  • Begitan

    impetrare,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 51.

  • Be-geatta,

      Jn. p. 7, II. Hí wilnodon . . . ac híne mihton ꝥ; begitan, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 33.
to get for another,
procure
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  • Hý nellað þæs willan gewyrcan þe him éce líf begeat,

      Wlfst. 185, 17.

  • Gif hwá sleá his néhstan . . . begite hé him lǽce,

      Ll. Th. i. 48, 10.

  • Begyte hé him þá lácnunge

    sanationem ei comparet,

    ii.
      210, 25.
to get to, find
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  • Ðú onfindes ł begetes

    invenies,

      Mt. L, . 17, 27.

  • Begettes

    invenit,

      10, 39.

  • Soecað gé and gé begeattas

    (invenietis),

      7, 7.

  • Begæt

    invenit,

      12, 43.

  • Gif hé hine begytan ne mæge

    si eum invenire nequeat,

      Ll. Th. ii. 212,
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  • Begetna ł begeten

    inventa.

      Mt. L. 13, 46.

  • Bigetten,

      I. 18.

  • Bigetna

    repertae,

      p. 17, 6.
to get, cause to be done
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  • ꝥ ǽlc gegilda gesinge án fíftig oþþe begite gesungen,

      Ll. Th. i. 236, 37.

  • Þá mynsterclǽnsunge man begite,

      340, 19.
to beget
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  • Hé bið mid synnum begylen and mid synnum ácenned and on synnum áfédd,

      Wlfst. 193, 4.
Etymology
[Goth. bi-gitan invenire: O. Sax. bi-getan to seize: O. H. Ger. pi-gezzan odipiscere.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-gitan.” 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/39779.

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