Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

a-rǽdan

  • verb [ weak ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
a-rǽdan, -rédan; p. -rǽdde, -rédde, -réde; pp. -rǽded, -rǽd, -réd [rǽd counsel] .
to take counsel, care for, appoint, determine; consilium capere, consulere alicui, decernere, definire
Show examples

  • Sende gewrit, on ðám he gesette and arǽdde

    misit literas, in quibus decrevit,

    • Bd. 2, 18; S. 520, 33
      • .

  • Gif hit eallinga ðus arǽded sí

    si omnimodis ita definitum est,

    • 4, 9; S. 577, 29
      • .

  • Ða dómas ða ðe fram fæderum arǽdde and gesette wǽron

    quæque definierunt canones patrum,

    • 4, 5; S. 572, 18
      • .

  • Hwæðere ðis betwyh heom arǽddon

    his tamen conditionibus interpositis,

    • 4, 1; S. 564, 15
      • .

  • He symble þearfum aréde

    semper pauperibus consulebat,

    • 3, 9; S. 533, 25
      • .
to conjecture, guess, prophesy, interpret, utter; conjectare, divinare, prophetizare, interpretari, eloqui
Show examples

  • Ne mihton arǽdan men engles ǽrend-béc

    men might not interpret the angel's messages,

    • Cd. 212; Th. 261, 30
      • ;
    • Dan. 734
      • .

  • And him to cwǽdon, Arǽd

    et dixerunt ei, Prophetiza,

    • Mk. Bos. 14, 65
      • .

  • Ðá se wísdóm ðis spell arǽd hæfde

    when wisdom had uttered this speech,

    • Bt. 23; Fox 78, 20, note 8
      • :
    • Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 24
      • ;
    • Wand. 5
      • .
Similar entries
v. rǽdan, p. rǽdde.
Linked entries
v.  a-rǽd a-réde.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “a-rǽdan.” 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/2052.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • a-rǽdan, v.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.