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a-bredan

  • verb [ weakstrong ]
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a-bredan, he -brit = -brideþ, -bret = -bredeþ; p. -bræd, pl. -brudon; pp. -broden; v. a.
To move quickly, remove, draw, withdraw; vibrare, destringere, eximere, retrahere
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  • Abræd hys swurd,

    exemit gladium suum,

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 51
    • .
  • Gif God abrit

    if God remove,

    • Bt. 39, 3; Fox216, 5
    • .
  • Of móde abrit ðæt micle dysig

    he removes from his mind that great ignorance.

    • Bt. Met. Fox 28, 155
    • ;
    • Met. 28, 78
    • .
  • Hond up abræd

    he raised his hand,

    • Beo. Th. 5144
    • ;
    • B. 2575
    • .
  • Lár Godes is abroden of breóstum

    the knowledge of God is withdrawn from your breasts,

    • Cd. 156; Th. 194, 31
    • ;
    • Exod. 269
    • .
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v. bredan.
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v.  a-bræd abret a-broden.
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