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  • Hú fela beháta behét God Abra-hame?,

      Angl. vii. 42, 396.

  • Embe þis wé sprecað eft swíðor swá swá wé ǽr behéton,

      Lch. iii. 240, 8.

  • Cantware heom feoh behéton,

      Chr. 865 ; P. 69, 4. ꝥ him man gafol behéte, 994; P. 129, II. Tó ðám behátenan earde. Hml. Th. ii. 282, 17.

  • Þǽra forewearda þe him behá-tene wǽron,

      Chr. 1093; P. 228, 2.
in religious matters,
to vow
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  • Ðú ne syngast gif ðú sylf ne behátest; ac gif ðú ǽne behátest Gode, hé wyle habban ðæt ðú him behéte, Hex. 50, 3-5. ꝥ hí behéton

    quod professi sunt,

      An. Ox. 57, 7.

  • Gelǽste man eall þæt man beháte on Godes ést tó dónne,

      Wlfst. 172, 13.
to threaten
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  • Se abbot dyde heom yfele, and beheót heom wyrs,

      Chr. 1083 ; P. 214, 21.

  • Hé heom behét ǽlcne hete,

      Hml. S. 23, 230.
  • Beháte hé swilc wíte swilc hé ús beháte, 459.
to give assurance, certify
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  • Þú mé behéte hál and clǽne ꝥ ꝥ þú mé sealdest,

      Ll. Th. i. 180, 22.
reflex, to profess one's self ready for the doing of something
(gen.)
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  • Sé ðe hine selfne máran gódes behǽt

    qui fortiori studio intenderat,

      Past. 403, 5. (Cf. O. H. Ger.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-hátan.” 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/39801.

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