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a-rǽran

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-rǽran, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [a, rǽran to rear, raise]
Wright's OE grammar
§646;
To rear up, raise up, lift up, exalt, set up, build up, create, establish; erigere, excitare, resuscitare, extollere, ædificare, creare
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  • Ðone stán arǽrde to mearce

    lapidem erexit in titulum,

    • Gen. 28, 18, 22
      • .

  • Arǽrende þearfan

    lifting up the poor;

    erigens pauperem,

    • Ps. Spl. 112, 6
      • .

  • Gyld of golde arǽrde

    reared up an idol of gold,

    • Cd. 180; Th. 226, 23
      • ;
    • Dan. 175
      • .

  • Arǽrde Cristes róde

    reared up Christ's rood,

    • Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 27
      • ;
    • Gú. 150
      • .

  • Ic arǽre ðis tempel binnan þrím dagum

    excitabo hoc templum in tribus diebus,

    • Jn. Bos. 2, 19, 20
      • .

  • Ic hine arǽre on ðam ýtemestan dæge

    ego resuscitabo eum in novissimo die,

    • 6, 44, 54
      • .

  • Weá wæs arǽred

    woe was raised up,

    • Cd. 47; Th. 60, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 987
      • .

  • Se ðe fóre duguðe wile dóm arǽran

    who desires before his nobles to exalt his dignity,

    • Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 2
      • ;
    • Wid. 140
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 3411
      • ;
    • B. 1703
      • .

  • Ðá wæs ǽ Godes riht arǽred

    then was God's right law set up,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3288
      • ;
    • An. 1647
      • .

  • Weofod arǽrde

    ædificavit altare,

    • Gen. 22, 9
      • .

  • Eardas rúme Meotud arǽrde for mon-cynne

    the Creator established spacious lands for mankind,

    • Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 14
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 16
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-rǽran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/2059.

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