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ge-beótian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-beótian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, beotian, II. to boast, vow, promise]
To promise in a boastful manner, to vow; glōriōse pollĭcēri
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  • Gebeótode án þegena, ðæt he mid sunde ða eá oferfaran woldon

    one of the officers vowed that he by swimming would cross over the river,

    • Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 2, 4
    • .
  • Antigones and Perþica gebeótedan, ðæt hý woldan him betweonum gefeohtan

    Antigonus and Perdiccas vowed that they would fight with one another,

    • Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 41
    • .
  • Wit gebeótedon, ðæt wit on gársecg út aldrum néðdon

    we two vowed that we would venture our lives out on the ocean,

    • Beo. Th. 1076
    • ;
    • B. 536 : 964
    • ;
    • B. 480
    • .
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v.  beótian.
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