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§129; §531;
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to make good, put right,
to mend, repair, restore
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  • Hí béttan heora scipa,

    • Chr. 1009
      • ;
    • P. 140, 4
      • .

  • Wyrcan wé brycge and þá bétan (cf. brycg-bót),

    • Wlfst. 239, 9
      • .

  • Uton bétan úre cyrcean,

    • 303, 5.
of a fire or light (v. beet in D. D.),
to attend to a fire, lamp:
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  • Hé þá leóhtfatu gýmeleáslícor bétte,

    • Gr. D. 237, 1.

  • Ná bete nán man ꝥ fýr ná læncg þonne man þá hálgunge onginne,

    • Ll. Th. i. 226, 25
      • .

  • Hét bewindan heora fét mid flexe, and fýr under bétan,

    • Hml. S. 4, 393.

  • Hé árás tó bétanne þá leóht (

    ad melioranda luminaria),

    • Gr. D. 227, 4
      • .
in a medical sense,
to do good, cure
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  • Scearpa þá stówe, þonne bétst þú ðá,

    • Lch. ii. 82, 13
      • .

  • Wel þæt bét,

    • 28, 17
      • .

  • Þá hóman hyt béteþ,

    • i. 360, 11.
to correct, emend an error, mistake
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  • Ic béte sume leáse bóc

    corrigo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 173, 10.

  • Ðú boetas

    restitues,

    • Mt. p. 3, 11
      • .

  • Wé boetas

    corrigimus,

    • 2, 2

  • Trahteras tó boetanne

    interpretes emendasse,

    • 12.
to amend, reform what is wrong, imperfect
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  • Béto (castigo) líchoma mín,

    • Rtl. 6, 7.

  • Hé folces frið bétte,

    • Chr. 959
      • ;
    • P. 114, 20
      • .

  • Ꝥ wé synna béton mid fæstenum and mid sóþre hreówe. Ꝥ bið seó sóþe hreów ꝥ mon synna andette and georne béte,

    • Bl. H. 25, 16-19
      • .

  • Þæt hé wolde ǽlc þǽra þinga bétan þe hí ealle áscunedon,

    • Chr. 1014
      • ;
    • 145, 7
      • .

  • Yldende tó bétanne heora synna and mán

    differentes emendare scelera,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • Sch. 626, 15
      • .
to make good, make amends, reparation for, atone for
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  • Þá þe yfel dóð and þæt ne bétað

    qui nequiter agunt,

    • Ps. Th. 36, 9.

  • Ðá menn þe heora synna and unrihtes gescwícaþ, and hié heora scriftum geandettiaþ, and be heora dóme bétaþ,

    • Bl. H. 193, 23
      • .

  • Ǽghwylc man sceal bétan his wóhdǽda be his gyltes andefne,

    • 45, 38
      • .

  • Ælc þǽra þe his gyltas wið God bétan (erga Deum emendare) wylle,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 134, 2
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 50, 5.
in the laws,
to make 'bot', pay the fine for a crime :--
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  • Gif se hund má misdǽda gewyrce, and hé (the owner) hine hæbbe, béte be fullan were,

    • Ll. Th. i. 78, 7
      • .

  • Béte man ꝥ fullum were,

    • 286, 27
      • :
    • 110, 17
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bétan.” 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/40206.

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