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a-rédian

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-rédian, p. ode; pp. od, ad
To make ready, provide, furnish, execute, find, to find the way to any place, reach; parare, præparare, exsequi, invenire, pervenire aliquo
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  • Us ís þearf ðæt we arédian ðæt úre hláford wille

    it behoves us that we provide that which our lord wants,

    • L. Ath. v. § 8; 9; Th. i. 238, 25
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  • Smeáge man hú man mǽge rǽd arédian þeóde to þearfe

    let it be considered how advantage may be provided for the behoof of the nation,

    • L. Eth. vi. 40; Th. i. 324, 28
      • :
    • L. C. S. 11, Th. i. 382, 6
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  • Arédod

    furnished,

    • Som.

  • Woruld-gerihta mon arédian mǽge Gode to gecwémnysse

    secular rights may be executed to the pleasure of God,

    • L. Edg. S. 2 ; Th. i. 272, 24
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  • Hí arédian ne mágon, ðæt hí aslépen

    they cannot find out that they may slip,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 16
      • ;
    • Met. 13, 8
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  • Arédad beón

    inveniri,

    • R. Ben. 61
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  • Ðæt ðú ne mǽge ðíne wegas arédian

    ut non dirigas vias tuas,

    • Deut. 28, 29
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  • Ðú ne mihtest gyt fulrihtne weg arédian

    thou hast not yet been able to find the most direct way,

    • Bt. 22, 2 ; Fox 78, 8 : 40, 5
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    • Fox 240, 22
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 23,19
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    • Met. 23, 10
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  • Oferdruncen man ne mæg to his húse arédian

    a drunken man is not able to find the way to his house,

    • Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 31
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  • Ic ne mæg út arédian

    I cannot find the way out,

    • 35, 5 ; Fox 164,14
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  • Ðú eart cumen innon ða ceastre, ðe ðú ǽr ne mihtest arédian

    thou art come into the city, which thou couldest not reach before,

    • 35, 3 ; Fox 158, 11
      • .
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v.  a-rédad a-rédod.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-rédian.” 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/2091.

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