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ǽrendung

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Substitute:
carrying a message, acting as an emisary
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  • Gif hwylc bróðor gedyrstlǽcð ðæt hé ǽnige geþeódrǽdene nime wið ðone ámánsumedan, oðþe þurh ǽnige sprǽce oðþe þurh ǽniges óþres mannes ǽrendunge (

    by any other man's carrying a message

    ),
      R. Ben. 50, 13.
a message, an errand
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  • Ðæt wæs hræd ǽrendraca; sé tylode tó secganne hys ǽrndunge ǽr ðon ðé hé lyfde,

      Shrn; 95, 21.
Etymology
[Ꝥ we þurh hire erndunge (intercession, mediation) moten iseon hire, Marh. 23, 16: O. E. Homl. i. 207, 31.]
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