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ge-ceápian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to purchase as a matter of business
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  • Þæt mon ǽlcne ceáp mehte be twiefealdan bet geceápian þonne mon ǽr mehte

    ut duplicia, quam usque ad id fuerant, rerum uenalium pretia statuerentur,

      Ors. 5, 13: S. 248, 2.

  • Godríc begeat ꝥ land ... hé sealde his sweostor án marc goldes ... on geceápodne ceáp ... þes ceáp wæs geceápod on Wii,

      Cht. Th. 350, 12-21. (1 a) figurative :--
    Þás hálgan cýpan, Petrus and Andreas, mid heora nettum and scipe him þæt éce líf geceápodon. Hml. Th. i. 580, 20.
to obtain by payment (material or non-material)
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  • Wé sint on þǽm friþe geborene þe hié þá uneáðe hiera feorh mid geceápedon,

      Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 22.

  • Hæfde seó earme wudewe mid ánum feórðlinge þæt éce líf geceápod,

      Hml. Th. i. 582, 21.

  • Þǽr is máðma hord grimme gecea[po]d (

    purchased with Beowulf's life

    ),
      B. 3012.
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v. ge-cípan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-ceápian.” 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/47427.

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