Ambehtan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ambehtan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ambehtan

p. te: embeht(i)an (q. in Dict.); p. ode To minister, serve:--Sé ðe embehtað, -bihtað(-as) qui ministrat, Lk. L. R. 22, 27. Embehtes (-bihtas. R.) l gehéres ministrat, Jn. L. 12, 26. Martha embihtade ministrabat, 2. Ne embigto wé ðé non ministravimus tibi, Mt. L. 25, 44. Manige cræftigan and eác má óþra weorcmanna þe þám onbyhtan (-behtum, ) and hýrdon artifices multos ac plures subministrantes operarios, Gr. D. 251, 14. Embehtadon ministrabant, Lk. L. 8, 3. Embihta mé ministra mihi, 17, 8. Cuom hé tó embehtana (ministrare) óðrum, Mt. L. 20, 28. Embehtande ministrantem, Jn. p. 6, 16. [Goth. andbahtjan: O. H. Ger. ambahten ministrare.]

Runic Inscription

ᚪᛗᛒᛖᚻᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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