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ge-beðian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-beðian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; v. trans, [ge-, beðian to bathe]
To wash, bathe, foment, cherish, warm; lăvāre, fŏvēre
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  • Mid ðam wætere ða eágan gebeða

    bathe the eyes with the water,

    • Herb. 88; Lchdm. i. 192, 5
      • .

  • Wearþ his lǽcum geþúht ðæt hí on wlacum ele hine gebeðedon

    it seemed good to his physicians that they should bathe him in lukewarm oil.

    • Homl. Th. i. 86, 23
      • .

  • Byþ langum ǽrðamðe heó eft gebeðod sý

    it is long before it is again warmed,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 9, 21, 22
      • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 252, 8, 10
      • .

  • Of ðam wíne sýn ða lyðu gebeðede

    let the joints be bathed with the wine,

    • Herb. 89, 5; Lchdm. i. 192, 25
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-beðian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13659.

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