See betan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "c. 900, Werferth, translation of the Dialogues of Gregory\nSume nihte, þā þā hē wel ǣr ārās tō bētenne 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?\"",
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