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§5; §72; §78; §179; §183; §315; §316; §344;
Take here gæt in Dict. , and add :
the gate of an enclosure, the opening in a fence or
wall to allow passage, and provided with a movable barrier,
the enclosure a field
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  • Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne . . . gán þá þe ꝥ geat ágan,

      Ll. Th. i. 128, 8.
where the enclosure contains a habitation
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  • Ceorles weorðig sceal beón wintres and sumeres betýned. Gif hé bið untýned and recð his neáhgebúres ceáp in on his ágen geat,

      Ll. Th. i. 126, 15.

  • On þǽre byrig . . . hié þá gatu him tó belocen hæfdon,

      Chr. 755; P. 48, 16.

  • Geatu,

      901; P. 92, 8.

  • Geatu

    portas,

      Ps. Th. 23, 7.

  • Gæeto, Rtl. 18, 40. (b a) the enclosure a city :-- Mihton geseón Winceastre leódan here ꝥ hí be hyra gate tó sǽ eódon, Chr. 1006 ; P. 137, ii. Binnan þám gatum (

    of Derby

    ),
      921; P. 101, 30.

  • Hí betýndon þǽre ceastre gatu, Bl. H. 241, 11. (b β) used figuratively :-- Þurh ꝥ nearwe get (geat,

    v. l.

    , gætt,
      L. R.), Lk. 13, 24.

  • Helle gatu (geatt,

      L.), Mt. 16, 18.

  • Gættana

    portarum

    ,
      Rtl. 59, 21.

  • Neirxna wonges gætto

    paradisi portas,

      124, 7.
the gate, doorway of a building
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  • Geat

    janua,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 13.

  • Se wítega geseah án belocen geat on Godes húse

    (portam sanctuarii

    ), and him cwæð tó sum engel: 'Þis geat ne bið nánum menn geopenod, ac se Hǽlend ána færð inn þurh þæt geat,'
      Hml. Th. i. 194, 1-4.

  • Gesomnad tó duru ł tó gæt (geat, R. )

    congregata ad januam,

      Mk. L. 1, 33.

  • Tó þæs mynstres geate sý geatweard geset . . . Se sylfa geatweard sceal cýtan (

    cellam

    ) habban wið þæt geat,
      R. Ben. 126, 15-19.

  • Beforan gatum forþtíges

    pro foribus uestibuli,

      An. Ox. 3827.

  • Gesáwon wé in þǽre byrig and on geaton (

    in the doorways

    ) men . . . ðá hié ús gesáwon hié selfe sóna in heora húsum hié miþan.
      Nor. 10, 16.
a passage between hills
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  • Swá Dor scadeþ, Hwítan wylles geat,

      Chr. 942; P. 110, 15.
the barrier which closes the opening:
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  • Helle geatu and hire þá ǽrenan scyttelas hé ealle tóbræc,

      Bl. H. 85, 6.
Etymology
[¶ the word alone or in composition occurs often in the Charters, v. Midd. Flur. s. v.]
Similar entries
v. ceaster-, deór-, hlid-, hlip-, mynster-, port-, stán-, templ-, tyrn-geat.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geat.” 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/47137.

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