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  • Se dǽdbéta (

    poenitens

    ) æfter his dǽdbóte hreównysse ne sceal gecyrran tó þysse worulde,
      Ll. Th. ii. 170, 13, 11, 15, 20. '
    Wylt þú búgan eft tó Chríste?' Se wyþersaca cwæð: 'Ic wylle georne' . . . Cwæð se dǽdbéta: 'Þá deóflu cumað tó mé,' Hml. S. 3, 423.

  • Sind mænige rihtwíse unscyldige wið heáfodleahtras, and habbað hwæðere stíðe drohtnunge . . . þám ne mæg nán dǽdbéta beón geefenlǽht, for ðan ðe hí sind rihtwíse and behreówsigende,

      Hml. Th. i. 342, 12.

  • Drihten cwæð þæt micel blis wǽre on heofenum be ánum dǽdbétan,

      350, 8.

  • Þæt forbod húslganges and inganges intó cyrican is eal þearflic þám dǽdbétan,

      Wlfst. 155, 3.

  • Be dǽdbétan,

      Ll. Th. ii. 278, 1.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dǽd-béta.” 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/42518.

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