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ǽrende

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
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  • Mycel wæs ðes ǽrendwreca, and mycel ǽrende bróhte hé,

      Bl. H. 9, 13.
  • Ðíslic ǽrende se pápa onsende and ðás word cwæð,

      205, 22.
  • Hé geswór ðæt hé ðæt ǽrende ábeódan wolde . . . Æfter hé hit áboden hǽfde, hé hié heálsade ðæt hié nánuht ðára ǽrenda ne underfénge . . . Ásǽdon his geféran hú hé heora ǽrenda ábeád,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 10-22.
  • Earmra manna ǽrende wrecan (ǽrendo ábeódan,

    v. l.

    ),
      Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 209, 20.
  • Ǽrende wreccan

    legationem volvere,

      2, 9; Sch. 146, 25.
  • Se ealdormon geliéfedlíce ðára ǽrenda anféng,

      Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 20.
  • Hieówsiende for ðám ǽrendum ðe se wítga him sǽde, Ps. Th. 50, arg. Sóna swá se hálga man ðás ǽrendu gehýrde (

    quo audito

    ),
      Gr. D. 29, 14.
  • Geatweard ðe mid gesceáde cunne andswara syllan and ǽrenda underfón,

      R. Ben. 126, 16.
  • Ðurh Nóðhelmes ǽrenda and gesægene (cf. hé mé ealle . . . onsende ðurh Nóðhelm, l. 2),

      Bd. pref.; S. 472, 8.
an errand, a mission
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  • Gif hwelc ríce mon on his hláfordes ǽrende færþ, cymþ ðonne on ælþeódig folc

    si quis multiplici consulatu functus in barbaras nationes devenerit,

      Bt. 27, 3; F. 98, 21.
  • Ðá hwíle ðe hé fór on heora ǽrende,

      Chr. 1064; P. 192, 6.
  • Fór Aldred ofer sǽ ðæs kynges ǽrende,

      1054; P. 185, 24: 1065; P. 193, 11.
  • Medmycel ǽrende wé ðyder habbað, and ús is þearf ðæt wé hit þéh gefyllon,

      Bl. H. 233, 11.
  • Sǽdon ðæt hí hæfdon nyt ǽrende (ǽrend, v. l.) and nytne intingan sumne

    haberent aliquid legationis et causae utilis,

      Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 9.
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v.  ǽrend.
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  • ǽrende, adj.