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to pray
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  • Tó mæginðrymme ðínum tó ábiddanne

    (idoneos) ad majestatem tuam exorandum

    .
      Rtl. 87, 31.
to pray to, entreat a person
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  • Ábiddaþ (biddaþ,

    v. l.

    ) hine.
      Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 21.
to ask for, entreat,
with acc. of thing
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  • Seó áwyrgednes ðe eówer yldran ábǽdon sylfe, . . . ðá hió cwǽdon . . . ,

      H. R. 7. 22.
where the person from whom is given
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  • Heó ábæd án hridder hire tó lǽne æt óðrum wífe

    praestari sibi capisterium petiit

    ,
      Gr. D. 96. 33.
  • Hí ábǽdon (petierunt ) æt ðám Egiptiscon hira fatu,

      Ex. 12, 35.
  • Ðǽm ðe bið máre befæst, from ðǽm máre bið ábeden,

      R. Ben. 14, 4.
where the person for whom is given
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  • Willtú wit unc ábiddan drincan?,

      Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 30.
the request given in a clause
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  • Ðú ábǽde æt mé, ðæt ic ðé write. Guth. 4, 20.
to get by asking,
with acc. of thing
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  • Hié sendon Hannan, and hé hit ábæd

    Annonis oratione meruerunt

    ,
      Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 13.
  • Ðá ábæd heó án hridder

    she borrowed a sieve

    ,
      Hml. Th. ii. 154, 15.
  • Hé wénde ðæt hit sum óðer man ábiddan wolde oþþe gebicgan (

    would get it by asking or by purchase

    ),
      Chr. 1044; P. 164, 11.
  • Ðeáh ðe ic georne bǽde, ne mihte ic lýfnesse ábiddan

    porro diligentius obsecrans, nequaquam impetrare potui

    .
      Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 8.
  • (1 a) the object a clause

    Ðá ábǽdan hý uneáðe, ðæt mon geðylgode sume hwíle,

      Wlfst. 100, 7.
  • (1 b) the object an acc. and infin.

    Lucius bæd hine Crístenne beón and eác ábæd,

      Bd. 1, 4; S. 475, 25.
where the person
from whom the object (acc. or clause) is obtained is given
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  • Ðá ábǽdon hié æt Gode, ðæt hit rínde

    ad invocationem nominis Christi vis pluviae effecta est

    ,
      Ors. 6, 13; S. 268, 15.
  • Ðæt gé æt ǽnegum godum mehten rén ábiddan

    ut optati imbres superveniant

    ,
      4, 10; S. 194, 26: Bl. H. 187, 19.
  • Hé hæfde of óþerum þeódum ábeden 1111 CM,

      Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 5.
  • Gif hé wolde ábiddan æt Gode, ðæt hé móste his feónde áfyllan,

      Chr. 626; P. 25, 11: 1093; P. 228, 15.
where the person
for whom is given
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  • Ðæt oft wǽpen ábæd his mondryhtne

    weapon oft it (a sheath) got for its lord

    ,
      Rä. 56, 12.
where the purpose
for which is given
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  • Hió hiere tó fultume ábæd Molosorum cyning

    prosequente rege Molossorum

    ,
      Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 11.
where 2. and 3. are combined
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  • Monige men him forgifenesse æt úrum Drihtne ábiddaþ,

      Bl. H. 65, 8.
  • Ðá Pyhtas heom ábǽdon wíf æt Scottum,

      Chr. P. p. 3, 15.
with gen. of thing
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  • Sé ðe sum wundorlíc ðing on Godes naman dón wile, oððe sé ðe sumes wundres dyslíce æt Gode ábiddan wile,

      Hml. Th. 170, 30.
govt. uncertain
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  • Gif hwá him ryhtes bidde, and ábiddan ne mæge,

      L. In. 8 ; Th. i. 106, 21.
Etymology
[Goth. us-bid(j)an optare: O. Sax. á-biddian: O. H. Ger. ar-bitan obsecrare, exposcere : Ger. er-bitten.]
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v. un-ábeden and ábeden in Dict.
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