Ge-ceápian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-ceápian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-ceápian
p. ode; pp. od [ceápian to bargain] To buy, purchase, trade; ĕmĕre, negotiari :-- He sǽde, ðæt man náne burh ne mihte ýþ mid feó geceápian he said that no city could be more easily bought with money, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 16. Geoweorþa geceápode mid his feó æt ðam consule Jugurtha bribed the consul with his money, 5, 7; Bos. 106, 10, 12. Ðone mándrinc geceápaþ he buys the deadly drink, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 7; Rä. 24, 13. Gif he hit næbbe befóran gódum weotum geceápod if he have not bought it before good witnesses, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 14 : L. Ethb. 77; Th. i. 22, 1 : Gen. 43, 21. Hú feolu éghwelc geceápad wére quantum quisque negotiatus esset, Lk. Skt. Rush. 19, 15. ge-ceapian
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