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ge-biddan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-biddan, p. -bæd, pl. -bǽdon; pp. -beden; often followed by a reflexive dative [ge-, biddan to ask, pray]
To pray, pray to, worship, adore; ōrāre, adōrāre, cŏlĕre
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  • Uton gebiddan us

    let us pray,

    • Homl. Blick. 139, 30
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  • Ðonne we us gebiddaþ

    when we pray.

    • Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 21
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  • Ðonne gé eów gebiddon

    cum ōrātis,

    • Mt. Bos. 6, 5
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  • Ðonne ðú ðé gebidde

    cum orāvĕris,

    • 6, 6
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  • Lǽr us us gebiddan

    dŏce nos ōrāre,

    • Lk. Bos. 11, 1
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  • For ðé gebitt

    ōrābit pro te.

    • Gen. 20, 7
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  • Ic him á gebæd

    ego autem ōrābam.

    • Ps. Th. 108, 3
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  • Ne ðú fremedne god gebiddest

    neque adōrābis deum aliēnum.

    • 80, 9
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  • Gebiddaþ him ðǽr to

    adōrant eum,

    • Ex. 32, 8
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  • Gebiddaþ on gesihþe his

    adōrābunt in conspectu ejus,

    • Ps. Spl. 21, 28
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  • Ic me to him gebidde

    eum cŏlo.

    • Bd. 1. 7; S. 477, 34
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  • Gebiddande

    orans,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 39
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v.  ge-beden ge-bitt.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-biddan.” 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/13667.

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