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ge-beát

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ge-beát, es; n.
A beating, blow
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  • Drihten worhte áne swipe of rápum, and hí ealle mid gebeáte útascynde

    the Lord made a scourge of ropes and hurried them all out with beating,

    • Homl. Th. i. 406, 8
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. i-beat beating, striking
:
M. H. Ger. gebóz
.]
Derived forms
fýst-gebeát
Linked entries
v.  -beát.
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