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be-gitan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-gitan, -gietan; -gytan; part.-gitende; ic -gite, ðú -gytst, he -gyteþ, pl. -gytaþ; p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -geten; v. a. [be, gitan to get]
To get, obtain, take, acquire, to seek out, receive, gain, seize, lay hold of, catch; sumere, obtinere, assequi, acquirere, nancisci, capere, comprehendere, arripere
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  • Ǽlc mód wilnaþ sóþes gódes to begitanne

    every mind wishes to get the true good

    • Bt. 24, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 82, 1.
  • Hí ða burh mihton eáðe begitan

    they might easily have taken the city

    • Ors. 3, 4
    • ;
    • Bos. 56, 10.
  • He begeat ealle ða eást land

    he obtained all the east country

    • Ors. 3, 11
    • ;
    • Bos. 72, 6.
  • Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte

    quid acquiris de tua arte?

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3 : Ps. Th. 83, 3 : 68, 37.
  • Ðe hý under Alexandre begeáton

    which [riches] they had gained under Alexander

    • Ors. 3, 11
    • ;
    • Bos. 73, 27 : Beo. Th. 4490
    • ;
    • B. 2249.
  • Fin sweord-bealo begeat

    misery from the sword seized Fin

    • Beo. Th. 2297
    • ;
    • B. 1146.
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