Ge-ceápian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-ceápian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-ceápian
- Add: (1) to purchase as a matter of business :-- Þæt mon ǽlcne ceáp mehte be twiefealdan bet geceápian þonne mon ǽr mehte ut duplicia, quam usque ad id fuerant, rerum uenalium pretia statuerentur, Ors. 5, 13: S. 248, 2. Godríc begeat ꝥ land ... hé sealde his sweostor án marc goldes ... on geceápodne ceáp ... þes ceáp wæs geceápod on Wii, Cht. Th. 350, 12-21. (1 a) figurative :-- Þás hálgan cýpan, Petrus and Andreas, mid heora nettum and scipe him þæt éce líf geceápodon. Hml. Th. i. 580, 20. (2) to obtain by payment (material or non-material) :-- Wé sint on þǽm friþe geborene þe hié þá uneáðe hiera feorh mid geceápedon, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 22. Hæfde seó earme wudewe mid ánum feórðlinge þæt éce líf geceápod, Hml. Th. i. 582, 21. Þǽr is máðma hord grimme gecea[po]d (purchased with Beowulf's life), B. 3012.