Be-hátan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-hátan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ic -háte, ðú -hátest, -hǽtst, he -háteþ, Related words:

Definitions

1 be-hátan

pl. -hátaþ; p. -hét, pl. -héton; pp. -háten [be, hátan to call, promise, vide II] To promise, vow, threaten; spondere, pollicere, vovere, comminari :-- Ðæt ðú me behǽtst quod polliceris, Gen. 38, 17. Behét he mid áþe cum juramento pollicitus est, Mt. Bos. 14, 7. Ðonne ðú behát behǽtst Drihtene cum votum voveris Domino, Deut. 23, 21. Drihten God behét us wedd Dominus Deus pepigit nobiscum fædus, 5, 2. Ǽlc yfel man him behét they threatened him every evil, Chr. 1036; Ing. 209, 12; Ælf Tod. 11. be-hatan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚻᚪᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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