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geládige þ-bar; hé ná bet ne cúðe, Ll. Th. i. 384, 15. þæt þú þe bet mæge áredian tó rodorum, Met. 23, 9. Mon æ-acute;lcne ceáp mehte be twiefealdan bet geceápian þonne mon æ-acute;r mehte, Ors. 5, 13; S. 248, 2.
bétan. Add: I. to make good, put right, (l) to mend, repair, restore :-- Hí béttan heora scipa, Chr. 1009; P. 140, 4. Wyrcan wé brycge and þá bétan (cf. brycg-bó;t), Wlfst. 239, 9. Uton bétan úre cyrcean, 303, 5. (1a) of a fire or light (v. beet in D. D.), to attend to a fire, lamp :-- Hé þá leóhtfatu gýmeleáslícor bétte, Gr. D. 237, 1. Ná bete nán man þ-bar; 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 lumi&dash-uncertain;aoria), Gr. D. 227, 4. (2) in a medical sense, to do good, cure :-- Scearpa þá stówe, þonne bétst þú íá, Lch. ii. 82, 13. Wel þæt bét, 28, 17. Þá hóman hyt béteþ, i. 360, 11. (3) to correct, emend an error, mistake :-- Ic béte sume leáse bóc corrigo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 173, 10. Dú boetas restitues, Mt. p. 3, 11. We boetas corrigimus, 2, 2 Trah-teras tó boetanne interpretes emendasse, 12.(4) to amend, reform what is wrong, imperfect :-- Béec (castigo) líchoma mín, Rtl. 6, 7. Hé folces frið bétte, Chr. 959; P. 114, 20. þ-bar; wé synna béton mid fæste-num and mid sóþre hreówe. þ-bar; bið seó sóþe hreów þ-bar; mon synna andette and georne béte, Bl. H. 25, 16-19. þæt hé wolde æ-acute;lc þæ-acute;ra 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. II. to make good, make amends, reparation for, atone for :-- þ é þe yfel dóð and þæt ne bétað qui nequiter agunt, Ps. Th. 36, 9. Ða menn þe heora synna and unrihtes geswtcaþ, and hié heora scriftum geandettiaþ, and be heora dóme bétaþ, Bl. H. 193, 23. Æ-acute;ghwylc man sceal bétan his wóhdaeda be his gyltes andefne, 45, 38. Ælc þæ-acute;ra þe his gyltas wið God bétan (erga Deum emendare] wylle, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 2 : Ps. Th. 50, 5. II a. in the laws, to make 'bot,' pay the fine for a crime :-- Gif se hund má misdæ-acute;da gewyrce, and hé (the owner) hine hæbbe, béte be fullan were, Ll. Th. i. 78, 7. Béte man þ-bar; fullum were, 286, 27: 110, 17.
bet-boren j adj. Better-born, of higher-birth :-- Gif æðelborenran (bett-, v. l.) wífmen þis gelimpe. Ll. Th. i. 70, 1. v. wel-, betst-boren.
béte. Add: -- Béte beta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 68 : prosopes, i. 68, 31.
-béte, bétel, v. twi-béte, bítel.
bétende. Substitute: bétend, es; m. One who repairs (? v. bétan, I (1), burh-bót, ge-bétung) :-- Brosnade burgsteal bétend crungon the buildings were in ruins, those who should have repaired them were dead, Rum. 28.
be-teón, III (v. teón to accuse). Add: to accuse a person (acc.) of a crime, (1) crime in gen. or dat. (inst) :-- Gif mon cyninges þegn beteó manslihtes . . . Gif man þone man betýhð þe bið læ-acute;ssa maga. Ll. Th. i. 154, 5-7. Sé þe hlóðe betygen (-togen, v. l.) sié, 110, 16 : 112 2 : 140, 16. Betogen forligres, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 27. (2) crime stated in a clause :-- Ðonne mon monnan betýhð & pound; hé ceáp forstele, Ll. Th. i. 130, 12 : 132, 8. Sum wer wæs betogen þ-bar; hé wæ-acute;re on stale, Hml. S. 21, 265. O. H. Ger. pi-zíhan arguere, criminari.] v. be&dash-uncertain;tíhan in Dict.
beterian. Add :-- Hé árás beterian þá leóht (ad melioranda lumi-naria) . . hé beterode þ-bar; leóht (refovebat lumen), Gr. D. 227, 4-6. Betriende meliorando, 283, 27. [O. Frs. beteria : O. H. Ger. pezzirón.] v. betrian in Dict.
beterung, e; f. Improvement :-- Hé anbidað úre betrunge, Hml. Th. i. 350, 19. Hé leofode on mynstre for neóde swídor þonne for bete&dash-uncertain;runge, 534, 2. For úre beterunge, 272, 1 : 414, 26. Ús tó beterunge, 360, 30. tó fire beterunge, Hml. A. 8, 211. [O. Frs. beteringe: O. H. Ger. pezzirunga.] v. betrung, bettrung in Dict.
beþ, beþan, be-þancen, be-þearf. v. bæþ, beþian, be-þencan, II, níd-be-þearf.
beþearfaþ. Add: [cf. O. H. Ger. pi-derban prodesse, expedire.] v. be-þearflic.
be-þearfende; adj. (ptcpl.) Needy, indigent :-- Beðearfende mon homo indigens, Kent. Gl. 708. v. þearfan.
be-þearfod (-ed); adj. (ptcpl.) Needy, brought to want :-- Gif þú hwæne on neádþearfe ongitst, and gif þú hwæne on wæ-acute;dle beþearfodne (-þreaf-, MS. ) ácnæ-acute;wst, Engl. Stud. viii. 474, 50. Cf. þearfian, þearfan, þearfed-ness.

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