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BÉTE

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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BÉTE, an; f : béte, an; n ?
Wright's OE grammar
§125; §298;
BEET, a root from which sugar is often extracted; bēta = σεύτλoν, n
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  • Sindon eáþ begeátra béte and mealwe

    beet and mallow are more easily procured,

      L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 226, 25 : iii. 12, 26.
  • Wyrc drænc of ðære bétan [MS. beton]

    work a drink of the beet,

      Lchdm. iii. 22, 6.
  • Beðe mid bétan leáfum

    foment with leaves of beet,

      L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 12 : iii. 2, 8 : 44, 8 : 114, 13.
  • Nim ða bétan, ðe gehwǽr weaxaþ

    take the beet, which groweth anywhere,

      L. M. 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 238, 3 : iii. 22, 12.
  • Nim béte [acc. n.] ðe biþ ánsteallet

    take beet, which is one-stalked,

    iii.
      70, 2.
  • [Dut. beet, biet, f : Ger. beete, f : O. H. Ger. bieza, f : Fr. bette, f : Ital. bieta, f : Lat. beta, f.]
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  • BÉTE, n.