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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
gē̆ten
v.(1)
330 quotations in 13 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To acquire (sth.), earn, buy, win, receive, find;
ivel geten
, ill-gotten;
fals geten
, got by falsehood; (b)
refl.
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2.
quēthen
v.
177 quotations in 6 senses
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With direct discourse: (a) with a direct declarative, imperative, or exclamatory quotation: to say (sth.), command, exclaim; (b)
quethen to (til, unto)
, with direct quotation: to say (sth.) to (sb.)…
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