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Wright's OE grammar
§55; §252; §556;
Dele bracket and 'DER. abet,' and add:
with wesan, weorþan and dat. of object
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  • Hire sóna wæs bet,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 150, 6
    • .
  • Hwæt bið eów ðý bet?,

    • Bt. 19
    • ;
    • F. 70, 16
    • .
  • Hwæt bið þǽm gítsere on his móde þe bet

    (cf. hwelc fremu byþ þám gítsere,

    • Bt. 26, 3
    • ;
    • F. 94, 12
    • )
    þeáh hé micel áge,

    • Met. 14, 2
    • .
with other verbs
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  • Búton hé hine geládige ꝥ hé ná bet ne cúðe,

    • Ll. Th. i. 384, 15
    • .
  • þæt þú þe bet mæge áredian tó rodorum,

    • Met. 23, 9
    • .
  • Mon ǽlcne ceáp mehte be twiefealdan bet geceápian þonne mon ǽr mehte,

    • Ors. 5, 13
    • ;
    • S. 248, 2
    • .
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