Ge-beotian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-beotian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-beotian

p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, beotian, II. to boast, vow, promise] To promise in a boastful manner, to vow; glōriōse pollĭcēri :-- Gebeótode án þegena, ðæt he mid sunde ða eá oferfaran woldon one of the officers vowed that he by swimming would cross over the river, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 2, 4. Antigones and Perþica gebeótedan, ðæt hý woldan him betweonum gefeohtan Antigonus and Perdiccas vowed that they would fight with one another, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 41. Wit gebeótedon, ðæt wit on gársecg út aldrum néðdon we two vowed that we would venture our lives out on the ocean, Beo. Th. 1076; B. 536 : 964; B. 480. ge-beotian

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ᚷᛖ-ᛒᛇᛏᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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