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§12; §343; §563;
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a promise
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  • 'On sunnandæge þú cymst tó mé.' Se apostol blissode on ðám beháte,

      Hml. Th. i. 74, 20: 466, 30.
  • Hé gefylde his behát þe hé gecwæð, ii. 284, 17.

  • Hé þæt behát mid weorcum gefylde,

      486, 24.
  • Gif ðú ðás behát mid weorcum gefylst, i. 380, 13.
a promise in religious matters,
a vow
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  • Scyldig þæs clǽnan be-hátes (vow of chastity), Hml. A. 34, 245:

    (baptismal vow),

      Ll. Th. ii. 338, 16.

  • Be hire beháte (

    voto

    ) æfter hyre were,
      130, 23.

  • For heora hálgan þeówdómes beháte,

      R. Ben. 19, 17.

  • Gif hé þis behát ábrycð,

      99, 21.

  • Behát (

    vota

    ) wé tólésan þé,
      Hy. S. 7, 27.

  • Ic ágylde þé behát (

    vota

    ) mín,
      Ps. Spl. 65, 12.

  • Gode man sceal dón þá betstan behát,

      Hml. A. 35, 273.
a threat (cf. beót;
Icel. heit; pl. threats)
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  • Ðeós wyrt tó manegum þingon wel fremað, ꝥ ys . . . wið gehwylce behátu and wið andan and wið ógan,

      Lch. i. 312, 25.
Etymology
[Goth. bi-bait strife: O. H. Ger. pi-heiz devotatio; factio.]
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v. munuc-behát.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-hát.” 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/39800.

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