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áþ, <b>. I.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §261; §301; §302; §335; §595;
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  • Se arcebiscop mid his selfes áþe geáhnode God . . . þá land . . . , and þæne áð nam se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa, and þǽr wæs gód eáca tén hundan mannan þe þane áð sealdan,

      Cht. Th. 273, 22-31.

  • Leófríc sealde Wulfstáne twégra þegna áð and wæs hymsylf þridde,

      C. D. iv. 235, II.
the fine paid where the oath in a suit fails, [v. the grant in the following passage
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  • Ego Eadmundus rex . . . concedo . . . omnes forisfacturas . . . áthas et ordélas,

      C. D. ii. 252, 13.

  • Cf. Beó se cyng ǽlces þǽra wíta wyrðe

    (this comes at the end of a section dialing with oaths and ordeals),

      Ll. Th. i. 282, 16
    ] :-- Hámsócn and forsteall, . . . áþ and ordél, fyrdwíte, Cht. Th. 433, 28: 433, 8: 20: 31.
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v. cyre-áþ, fore-áþ, friþ-áþ, hold-áþ, hyld-áþ, rím-áþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “áþ.” 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/61314.

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