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weddian

  • verb [ weak ]
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weddian, p. ode
To engage, covenant, undertake
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  • Weddodon

    pepigere,

      Germ. 396, 137.
  • I. to engage to do something,
with gen. of that for which the engagement or pledge is given
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  • Be ðon ðe ordáles weddigaþ. Gif hwá ordáles weddige

    if any one engage to undergo an ordeal,

      L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 210, 25.

  • Gif hé ðæs weddie, ðe hym riht sý tó gelǽstanne,

      L. Alf. pol. i; Th. i. 60, 6.

  • Is tó witanne hwam ðæt fósterleán gebyrige, weddige se brýdgum eft ðæs

    let the bridegroom engage to furnish this,

      L. Edm. B. 2 ; Th. i. 254, 9.

  • Ðæt se slaga móte sylf wæres weddian,

      L. Edm. S. 7 ; Th. i. 250, 17.
with gerundial infin.
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  • Hig him weddedon feoh tó syllenne

    pacti sunt pecuniam illi dare,

      Lk. Skt. 22, 5.

  • II. in reference to either taking or giving in marriage,

    to wed, betroth, espouse

    :-- Gif hý ǽlces þinges sammǽle beón, ðonne fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wífe and tó rihtlífe ðam ðe hire girude,
      L. Edm. B. 6; Th. i. 254, 20.

  • Gif man mǽdan oððe wíf weddian wille,

      1; Th. i. 254, 2.
Etymology
[Þat mæiden he weddede, Laym. 4432. Wifmann to weddenn, Orm. 10407. Weddedd wiþþ an weppmann, 1942. He moste weddy wyf, R. Glouc. 331, 13. I wedde myne eres, P. 4, 146. Goth. ga-wadjón despondere: O. Frs. weddia to promise, pledge: Icel. veðja to wnger.]
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v. be-, for-, ge-weddian.
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v.  be-weddian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/34931.

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