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gita, l. gíta,
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1. Cf. gít;
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  • Ic þæt gýta geman,

      Kr. 28.
2. Cf. gít;
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  • Ðeáh ðú hí nú géta forgiten hæbbe,

      Met. 24, 46.

  • On Angelcirican þú ána nú gýta (accented in MS.) eart biscop geméted

    in Anglorum ecclesia adhuc solus tu episcopus inueniris,

      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 3.
in negative sentences.
cf. gít;
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  • Ne can þára idesa ówðer giéta beorna neáwest,

      Gen. 2466.
cf. gít;
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  • Ic cóm tó þyses gereordes mýsan, and ic nú gýta ne geopenode mínne múð (

    os adhuc ad laudem Dei non aperni

    ) tó Godeslofe, and hé cóm and slyhð cymbalan,
      Gr. D. 62, 19.

  • Næs ðeós eorðe besmiten þá géta beornes blóde,

      Met. 8, 33.
in interrogative sentences
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  • Hwæðer sǽ þá gýta dǽl ǽnigne eorðan ofgifen hæfde,

      Gen. 1453.
1. Cf. gít;
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  • Þá þing þe ic hér tó gíta geþeóde

    ea quae subjungo,

      Gr. D. 42, 18.
2. Cf. gít;
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  • Se Wísdóm gól gyd æfter spelle, song sóðcwida sumne þá géta,

      Met. 7, 3.
with idea of incompleteness. Cf. gít;
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  • Hé þá gíta feorron

    adhuc longe positus,

      Gr. D. 36, 15.
with comparatives. Cf. gít;
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  • Þás þeófas willað ríxian gýta (

    accented in MS.

    ) swíðor þonne hig ǽr dydon,
      Ll. Th. i. 238, 23.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gita.” 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/50866.

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