BÉTE
- noun [ feminineneuter ]
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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.
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Wyrc drænc of ðære bétan [MS. beton]
work a drink of the beet,
- Lchdm. iii. 22, 6.
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Beðe mid bétan leáfum
foment with leaves of beet,
- L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 12 : iii. 2, 8 : 44, 8 : 114,
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Nim ða bétan, ðe gehwǽr weaxaþ
take the beet, which groweth anywhere,
- L. M. 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 238, 3 : iii. 22, 12.
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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.]
Bosworth, Joseph. “BÉTE.” 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/4036.
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