gebetan

Meaning

1. to fix, repair

   Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 921

   Then King Edward traveled to Colchester with the West Saxon army and repaired the fortress, and rebuilt it where it had been destroyed.

2. to cure or treat

   On þām bæðe ġehwelċe morgne drince hē milisċe drincan, sēo ġebēt þā biternesse þæs ġealles.

   He should have a sweetened drink in the bath every morning; it will alleviate the bitterness of the bile.

   9th century, Bald's Leechbook vol. I

3. to atone or compensate for

   Þæs þā ymb twēġen dagas, þǣr hēo slēp æt hire godmēder hūse, þā cōm hire Dēofol tō and hīe āweahte and cwæþ tō hire, "Mīn hlǣfdīġe, ġif þē wæs gold tō lȳtel oþþe seolofor oþþe dīerwierðra ġimma oþþe ǣniġra weoroldwelena, iċ þæt sōna ġebēte, ac ne forlǣt þū mē."

   Two days later, while she was asleep at her godmother’s house, a demon came to her and woke her up and said, "My lady, if you had too little gold or silver or precious stones or any kind of worldly goods, I will make up for that immediately, but don’t renounce me."

   late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

4. to make or attend to a fire or a lamp

   Hē stōd on triewenre hlǣdre under þām lēohtfæte and ontende and ġebētte þæt lēoht.

   He was standing on a wooden ladder under the lamp to kindle the fire.

   c. 900, Werferth, translation of the Dialogues of Gregory

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