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be-weddian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to betroth
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  • Ic beweddode (desponsavi) eów anum were, -ꝥ gé án clǽne mǽden gearcion

    • Críste, Hml. A. 30, 139
      • :
    • Hml. Th. ii. 54, 14
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  • Beweddede

    subarravit (me annulo),

    • An. Ox. 4293
      • :

    subarraret (nuptiali dote),

    • 4553
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  • Ic wolde Críste þ é beweddian,

    • Hml. S. 3, 394
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  • Maria wæs Iósépe beweddod (biwoedded, L. desponsata),

    • Mt. 1, 18
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  • Beweddod

    subarratam,

    • An. Ox. 3618
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  • Beweddad

    arratam,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 31
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  • Heó wæs ær beweddad sumum æþelum were,

    • Shrn. 86, 14.

  • Gif beweddodu fǽmne hié , forlicgge,

    • Ll. Th. i. 72, 10
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  • ꝥ nán man nán má wífa næbbe búton .I., and seó beó mid rihte beweddod and forgifen

    • ii. 300, 13

  • Gif hió óðrum mæn in sceát bewyddod sí,

    • i. 24, 5
      • .

  • Ácenned of beweddodan mǽdene,

    • Hml. Th. i. 196, 7
      • .
used of a married woman:
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  • Beweddod

    nupta,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 34
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  • Hé ná má wífa þonne án hæbbe, and ꝥ beó his beweddode wif,

    • Ll. Th. i. 364, 28
      • .
to assure by pledge, pledge, plight
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  • Seó weddung wæs beweddod

    the betrothal was made,

    • Nic. 3, 31
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  • Beweddedum wǽrum

    poetis sponsalibus,

    • An. Ox. 1398
      • .
to give security for,
with gen.
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  • Se biscop beweddade Eadwulfe þæs áðæs.

    • Cht. Th. 71, 3
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  • Siþþan hé weres beweddod hæbbe.

    • Ll. Th. i. 174, 16
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    • 250, 18
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with clause
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  • Ðá beweddode mé Eádnóð and Ælfstán, þæt hió óðer þára dydon,

    • Cht, Th. 167, 20
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Etymology
[
O. Frs. bi-weddia.
]
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v. un-beweddod.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-weddian.” 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/40276.

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