Dǽd-bétan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

dǽd-bétan

part. -ende; p. -bétte; pp. -béted To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent; maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere :-- His sáwle wúnda dǽdbétende gelácnian to heal the wounds of his soul by making amends, Homl. Th. i. 124, 14. Dǽdbéte shall make amends, L. C. S. 41; Th. i. 400, 16: L. Eth. ix. 26; Th. i. 346, 6. Ðæt he sealde sóðe gebýsnunge eallum dǽdbétendum, ðe to Drihtene gecyrraþ that he should give a true example to all, who shall turn to the Lord by doing amend deeds, Ælfc. T. 38, 4. dæd-betan