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dǽd-bót

  • noun [ feminine ]
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dǽd-bót, e; f.
An amends-deed, repentance, penitence; pœnitentia, maleficii compensatio
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  • Behreówsung oððe dǽdbót

    pœnitentia,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 33
      • ;
    • Som. 37,
      • 22.

  • Deóplíc dǽdbót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle

    it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed, that scissors [iron] come not on hair, nor on nail,

    • L. Pen, 10
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 280, 17: 3
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 278,
      • 8.

  • Eornostlíce dóþ médemne weastm ðære dǽdbóte

    facite ergo fructum dignum pœnitentiæ,

    • Mt. Bos. 3, 8: Lk. Bos. 3, 3,
      • 8.

  • Búton hý to rihtre dǽdbóte gecyrran

    unless they turn to right repentance,

    • L. Edm. E. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 246, 16: Chr. 963
      • ;
    • Erl. 123, 15,
      • 21.

  • Dóþ dǽdbóte: sóþlíce geneálǽceþ heofona ríce

    pœnitentiam agite: oppropinquavit enim regnum cœlorum,

    • Mt. Bos. 3, 2: L. M. I. P. i
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 266,
      • 5.

  • Þurh dǽdbóte

    through penance,

    • L. Pen. 4
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 278, 19: L. Edm. E. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 246,
      • 3.

  • Dǽdbóta sind gedihte on mislíce wísan

    penances are devised in various ways,

    • L. Pen. 13
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 282,
      • 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dǽd-bót.” 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/7313.

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