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ceápian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ceápian, ode; od
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §163; §311; §536;
To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribe; negotiari, emere, comparāre
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  • Ceápiaþ óþ-ðæt ic cume

    negotiamini dum venio,

    • Lk. Bos. 19, 13.
  • He adráf út ealle ða ðe ceápodon innan ðam temple

    ejiciebat omnes ementes et vendentes in templo,

    • Mt. Bos. 21, 12.
  • Gyfum ceápian

    to bribe with gifts,

    • Cd. 212
    • ;
    • Th. 262, 5
    • ;
    • Dan. 739
    • .
  • Mid ðám hí útwǽpnedmonna freóndscipes him ceápiaþ

    quibus externorum sibi virorum amicifiam comparent,

    • Bd. 4, 25
    • ;
    • S. 601, 18
    • .
  • Mihte ýþ geceápian, gif ǽnig man ceápode

    might easily buy, if any one bargained,

    • Ors. 5, 7
    • ;
    • Bos. 106, 17
    • .
Derived forms
a-ceápian, he-, ge-, ofa-
Linked entries
v.  a-ceápian.
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