Ge-beót

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ge-beót

n. [ge-, beót a threatening]. I. a threatening, threat, boast; commĭnātio, mĭnæ :-- Alýs us, Drihten, fram his gebeóte and mihte redeem us, Lord, from his threatening and might, Homl. Th. i. 568, 22. Swá fela þeóda wurdon todǽlede æt ðæle wundorlícan byrig ðe ða entas woldon wircean mid gebeóte æfter Noes flóde, ǽr ðan ðe hí toferdon so many [of] nations were divided at the wonderful city which the giants would build with boasting after the flood of Noah, before they parted, Ælfc. T. 39, 10-12. II. a promise; promissum :-- Ofer eald gebeót contrary to the old promise, Exon. 123 b; Th. 475, 13; Bo. 47. [Laym. ibeot.] DER word-gebeót. ge-beot