Ge-bǽtan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-bǽtan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-bǽtan
- Substitute: (1) to bridle and saddle a horse [to bridle, curb, restrain :-- Þonne se ælmihtiga þá gewealdleþeru wile onlǽtan þára brídla þe hé gebǽtte mid his ágen weorc (cf. Þonne ǽr hé ꝥ gewealdleþer forlǽt þára brídla þe hé þá gesceafta mid gebrídlode hæfþ, Bt. 21; F. 74, 32), Met. ii. 76. Hæfð se alwealda ealle gesceafta gebǽt mid his brídle (cf. mid his brídle befangene, Bt. 21; F. 74, 6), 11, 23. v. next word. ge-bætan