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to instigate, stimulate, incite
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  • Ic trúwige ðæt sum wurðe ábrird, ðæt hine liste gehíran ðá hálgan láre,

      Ll. Th. ii. 364, 17.
  • Æfter ðisum wordum wurdon ðá munecas mycclum ábryrde,

      Hml. S. 6, 344.
  • Hí beóð ábrerde

    (divinae dilectionis stimulo) compunguntur,

      An. Ox. 973.
to make contrite, remorseful
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  • Áspíwan synna þurh ábryrde andetnysse,

      Wlfst. 150, 4.
  • Hí ne synt ábryrde

    (compuncti),

      Ps. L. 34, 16.
  • Dám ábryrdum

    contritis,

      An. Ox. 4122.
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v. on-bryrdan.
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