betan

1. inessiveindefinite ofbe

be- +‎tan

• IPA^(key): /bətan/

betan

1. defend

   Munsuh ngujibetan ba kuta sida.

   The enemies are trying todefend on their fort.

2. survive
3. hope/depend on (something)

   Kamibetan ba iya setaun tu.

   Wedepend on him the whole year.

• bœ̄tan

FromProto-West Germanic*bōtijan, fromProto-Germanic*bōtijaną, derived from*bōtō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.tɑn/

bētan

1. (transitive) toimprove
   • c. 900,translation ofBede'sEcclesiastical History

     Þā þing þe hē unfulfremed ġemētte, mid heora fultume hē þā rihte andbētte.

     Anything that was imperfect when he found it, he set right andimproved with their help.

   • 11th century,"Æcerbot Charm"

     Hēr is sēo bōt, hū þū meaht þīne æcrasbētan ġif hīe nyllaþ wel weaxan oþþe þǣr hwelċ unġedēfe þing on ġedōn biþ on drȳ oþþe on lyblāce.

     Here is the remedy for how you canimprove your fields if they won’t grow well or something harmful has been done to them by a wizard or through witchcraft.

2. tofix,repair
   • early 11th century,Wulfstan,"Larspell"

     Uton lufian ūre ċirican, for þon hēo biþ ūre friðiġend and werġend on Dōmes Dæġe. And wyrċen wē simle bryċġe and þābētan.

     Let’s love our church, because it will be our defender and protector at the Last Judgment. And let’s always build bridges andrepair them.

   • c. 900,translation ofBede'sEcclesiastical History

     On þisse ċirican ǣrest þā hālgan lārēowas ongunnon samnian and singan and ġebiddan and mæssesang dōn and menn lǣran and fulwian, oþ þæt sē cyning tō ġelēafan ġeċierred wæs and māran lēafnesse onfēngon ofer eall tō lǣrenne and ċirican tō timbriġenne and tōbētenne.

     This is the church where the holy teachers first began to gather and sing and pray and hold mass and teach and baptize people, before the king was converted to Christianity and they received more permission to teach everywhere and to build andrepair churches.

   • c. 995,Ælfric,Extracts on Grammar in English

     Corrigō: Iċbēte sume lēase bōc oþþe iċ styriġe sumum stuntum menn.

     Corrigo: Iamend a faulty book or I exhort a foolish person.

3. toatone orcompensate for
   • c. 899,Alfred the Great,Psalm 36:9

     Þā þe yfel dōþ and þæt nebētaþ, hīe bēoþ āwyrtwalode of eorðan.

     Those who do evil and do notatone for it will be uprooted from the earth.

4. tomake orattend to afire or alamp
   • c. 900,Werferth,translation of theDialogues of Gregory

     Sume nihte, þā þā hē wel ǣr ārās tōbētenne þā lēoht þe wǣron nēah þǣre dura, and þā stōd hē on triewenre hlǣdre under þām lēohtfæte and ontende and ġebētte þæt lēoht, þā stōd þǣr ofdūne on þǣre flōre sanctus Petrus sē ēadega apostol on hwītum hræġlum, and þus cwæþ tō him, "Þū ġefēra, for hwon ārise þū swā hraðe?"

     One night, when he had gotten up very early tokindle the lights near the door, and he was standing on a wooden ladder under the lamp to light the fire, down there on the floor stood Saint Peter the apostle dressed in white, and he said to him, "Comrade, why did you get up so early?"

• ġebētan
• *bētung

• Middle English:beten,beete,bete,bett,betten,beytt,betenn,beote(Early Middle English)
  • English:beet(dialectal, obsolete)
  • Scots:bete,beit,beet,beat

betan

1. definitesingular ofbeta
2. definiteplural ofbeta

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