betǣcan

(w. d.) to make over, give up to, impart, deliver, entrust, commend to , Æ, Lk ; AO, CP: appoint ( for ), set apart as, dedicate : show, point out , Lk : give orders , RB 130 4 : pursue, hunt , WW 92 28 . [‘ be teach ’] ± bētan to amend, repair, restore, cure , CP: make good, make amends, remedy, compensate, atone, pay ‘bōt’ for an offence , Æ, Mt, Lcd ; AO, CP: attend to ( fire or light ), AO . ðurst b. quench thirst . [ bōt ; ‘ beet ’ vb.]