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beótian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to threaten,
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  • Biótiaþ

    intentatis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 62
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  • Beótade

    intentabat,

    • 47, 47
    • .
  • Beótode

    comminatus est,

    • 73, 18
    • :
    • 17, 51
    • :

    intentabat, i. minabatar,

    • An. Ox. 4958
    • .
  • Þá gástas þisum wordum beótodon,

    • Guth. 38, 21
    • .
  • Beótiende

    comminatus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 46
    • .
  • Beótigende,

    • 72, 40
    • .
  • Þone cwyde ne gespræc hé ná þý þe hé hit wolde forðbryngan, ac beótigende

    (minando),

    • Gr. D. 152, 16
    • .
  • Beótende

    minax,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 43
    • .
  • Wǽran beótende

    intentarentur,

    • 47, 48.
  • [Yflum onbiótendum

    malis imminentibus.

    • Rtl. 53, 3
    • .]
threat expressed,
by a clause
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  • Beótaþ hé ꝥ hé wile þá sáula sendan on éce wítu,

    • Bl. H. 95, 3
    • .
  • Hí ongunnon beótian ꝥ hí scoldon hine geniman,

    • Gr. D. 325, 29.
  • ¶ threat inferred from a clause:

    Hí onbidedon beótra (= beótedra?) gylpa; forþon oft man cwæð . . . þet hí nǽfre tó sǽ gán ne sceoldan

    they waited for the great things that had been threatened; for it had often been said. . . that they should never get to the sea,

    • Chr. 1006
    • ;
    • P. 137, 5
    • .
with dat. infin.
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  • Þeáh hine deófol mid bárspere beótige tó ofsticianne,

    • Angl. viii. 324, 19
    • .
Grammar
beótian, beótian tó
to threaten,
absolute
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  • Þeáh wé beótiaþ tó,

    • Bl. H. 33, 27
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with dat. of person
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  • Þám þe se deáð tó beótað

    quibus mors inminet,

    • Bd. i. 27
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    • Sch. 80 I.
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  • Ongan se seóca man swíðlíce beótian tó him

    coepit ille vehementer inntinere,

    • Gr. D. 314, 8.
  • Héo wæs beótigende tó þám

    cui' minatus est,

    • 80, 29
    • .
  • Þá tó beóti(g)endan frecennesse þám eágan

    inminens oculo exitium.

    • Bd. 4, 32
    • ;
    • Sch. 545, 16
    • .
to threaten with (mid or instrumental),
a weapon,
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  • Hé mid his tuxum tó him beótode,

    • Guth. 48, l
    • .
a penalty,
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  • Þá Lang-beardan ongunnon beótian (-igean, v. l.) heom tó deáðe

    coepere Longo-bardi mortem eis minari,

    • Gr. D. 232, 14.
  • God wæs beótiende (beótode, v. l.) mid þám écum wítum tó synfullum mannum

    Deus pec-cantibus aeternam poenam minatus est,

    • 334, 12.
with clause of evil threatened:
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  • Hié mé tó beótedan, ꝥ hié mé gegrípan woldon

    mini-tabantur me comprehendere,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • Sch. 621, 14
    • .
with acc. of evil threatened
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  • Se swile þæs eágan forwyrd tó beótade

    tumor oculo interitum minaretur,

    • Bd. 4, 32
    • ;
    • Sch. 545, 6
    • .
to promise
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  • Ymbe þæne circul wé beótedon ymbe tó sprecanne,

    • Angl. viii. 325, 14
    • .
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