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ge-bǽdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-bǽdan, p. -bǽdde; pp. -bǽded [bǽdan to compel]
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
To compel, constrain, force, impel, urge, oppress; compellĕre, cōgĕre, persuādēre, impellĕre, urgēre, prĕmĕre
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  • Mid rihtre nýdþearfnysse gebǽded

    justa necessĭtāte compulsus,

    • Bd. 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 502, 27.

  • Mid nýde gebǽded

    necessĭtāte cōgente,

    • 3, 24
      • ;
    • S. 556, 7 : Exon. 70 b
      • ;
    • Th. 263, 2
      • ;
    • Jul. 343 : Bt. Met. Fox 6, 28
      • ;
    • Met. 6, 14.

  • Níþa gebǽded

    constrained by hatred,

    • Exon. 68 b
      • ;
    • Th. 254, 27
      • ;
    • Jul. 203.

  • Mon sceal gebídan ðæs he gebǽdan ne mæg

    a man ought to wait for what he cannot hasten [compel to come],

    • 90 b
      • ;
    • Th. 340, 2
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 105.

  • Hie gecwǽdon ðæt ne hie to ðam gebéde he mihte gebǽdan

    they said that he could not force them to that prayer,

    • Cd. 182
      • ;
    • Th. 228, 15
      • ;
    • Dan. 202.

  • Strǽla storm strengum gebǽded, scóc ofer scyld-weall

    a storm of shafts, impelled from strings, rushed over the shield-wall,

    • Beo. Th. 6226
      • ;
    • B. 3117.

  • Býsigum gebǽded

    oppressed with labour,

    • 5153
      • ;
    • B. 2580
      • ;
    • 5644
      • ;
    • B. 2826.
Etymology
[
Goth. gabaidjan
.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-béded.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-bǽdan.” 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/13564.

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