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bǽdan
/bdan /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
Verb Class: Weak
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
bǽdan
; p. de; pp. ed To constrain, compel, require, solicit; cogere, compellere, exigere, postulare, flagitare :-- Ðæs his lufu bǽdeþ whom his love constrains, Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 27; Gn. Ex. 100. Mǽru cwén bǽdde byras geonge the illustrious queen solicited her young sons, Beo. Th. 4040; B. 2018. [O. Sax. bédian cogere aliquem ad aliquid: O. H. Ger. ga-peitian: Goth. báidjan: O. Nrs. beiða petere, postulare.] DER. a-bǽdan, ge-.
Linked entries (variants, parts of a paradigm or derived forms):
a-bǽdan
,
bǽdend
,
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bǽdan
. Substitute for passages :-- Baedde exactum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 9. Bǽdde, 30, 16. I. to urge, press, compel, impel :-- Bǽdt inpulerit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 28. Beadætþ ( = bǽdeþ) angarizaverit ( = angariaverit, Mt. 5, 41), 72, 17. Ðonne ðá sácerdas tó weorðunga úres Álié*-*sendes ne bǽdað (exigunt) ðá ðe him underðiédde bióð mid hira lífes geearnungum, Past. 135, 10. Mǽru cwén bǽdde byre geonge (cf. v. 1182), B. 2018. Hió unc bǽddan tó gemangum they urged us to marry, Shrn. 40, 29. Stinge finger on múð, bǽde tó spíwanne (cf.
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-bǽdan
. v. tó-bǽdan to exalt.
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