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a-gytan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-gytan, -gitan; p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -gyten, -giten [a from, gitan to get]
To discover, know, understand, consider; cognoscere, intelligere, deprehendere
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  • Ðæt hit man geornor agytan mǽ ge

    that it may be better understood,

    • Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 30
    • .
  • Gecýðnyssa ðíne ic ageat

    testimonia tua intellexi,

    • Ps. Spl. 118, 95, 99: 48, 12
    • .
  • Gif ðonne ǽni-man agiten wurþe

    if then any one be found,

    • L. N. P. 48; Th. ii. 296, 27
    • .
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v.  a-geat a-gitan.
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