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a-bǽdan
/abdan /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
Verb Class: Weak
a-bǽdan
; p. -bǽdde; pp. -bǽded To restrain, repel, compel; avertere, repellere, cogere, exigere :-- Is fira ǽnig, ðe deáþ abǽde is there any man, who can restrain death? Salm. Kmbl. 957; Sal. 478. Ðæt oft wǽpen abǽd his mondryhtne which often repels the weapon for its lord, Exon. 114a; Th. 437, 24; Rä. 56, 12. v. bǽdan.
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á-bǽdan
. Substitute the following: I. to force, wring :-- Ele ábǽdan and áwringan of þám bergum ab olivis exigere oleum torquendo, Gr. D. 250, 22. II. to compel :-- Gif ðæt nýd ábǽdeþcum exhiberi mysterium ipsa necessitas compellit, Bd. l, 27; S. 497, 1. Ne hé on horses hrycg cuman wolde, nemne hwylc nýd rnáre ábǽdde nisi si major necessitas compulisset, 3, 5 ; S. 526, 28. Wé beóþ genýdede and ábǽdede, ðæt wé sceolon ágyldan, Gr. D. 350, 10.
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