▪ I. † biˈgeten, biȝeoten, v. Obs.
inf. 1 beᵹéotan, 3 biȝeoten. pa. tense 1 beᵹéat. pa. pple. 1 begoten, 3 bigoten, -ȝoten.
[Com. WGer.: OE. bigéotan, beᵹéotan = OS. bigiotan (Du. begieten), OHG. bigioȥan (MHG. begieȥen, mod.G. begieszen), f. bi-, be- 1 + giutan, in OE. ᵹéotan to pour. (The mod. form would be be-yeet.)]
trans. To pour about or over; to suffuse.
| a 1000 O.E. Chron. an. 734 Swelce he wære mid blode begoten. a 1225 Juliana 27 Þat ha al were bigoten of þe blode. a 1240 Sawles Warde in Lamb. Hom. 261 Ich iseh þe apostles..biȝoten al of unimete blisse. |
▪ II. bigeten, -ȝe(o)ten, -ȝiten
obs. ff. beget.