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on-bryrdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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on-bryrdan, p. de.
to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animate
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  • Onbryrde

    instigavit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 82
      • .

  • Hé hí tó geleáfan onbryrde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 107, 2
      • .

  • Hí se héhsta Déma mid elne onbryrde

    inspired her with courage,

    • Judth. Thw. 22, 37
      • ;
    • Jud. 95
      • .

  • Git mid fullwihte onbryrdon ealne ðisne middangeard,

    • Exon. Th. 467, 10
      • ;
    • Hö. 136
      • .

  • Onbryrdan beorman míne

    to leaven with my leaven,

    • 266, 10
      • ;
    • Jul. 396
      • .

  • Hit nis git se tíma ðæt ic þé heálícor mǽge onbryrdan

    firmioribus remediis nondum tempus est,

    • Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 14, 14
      • .

  • Onbryrdendum

    instigante

    feónde ealra goda,

    • Bd. 3, 22
      • ;
    • S. 553, 14
      • .

  • Onbryrd

    compunctus

    mid lufan ðæs upplícan ríces,

    • 4, 12
      • ;
    • S. 580, 36
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  • Wearþ Johannes swá onbryrd þurh ðæt tácen, ðæt hé his brýde on mægþháde forlét,

    • Homl. Th. i. 58, 16
      • .

  • Him wearþ onbryrded breóstsefa,

    • Exon. Th. 122, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 306
      • .

  • Æfter heora láre ða ðe wǽron godcundlíce onbryrde

    juxta divinitus inspiratam doctrinam,

    • Bd. 4, 17
      • ;
    • S. 585, 34
      • .

  • Sceolan wé beón áwehte and onbryrde tó godcundre láre,

    • Blickl. Homl. 33, 23
      • .
to excite to a feeling of compunction
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  • Hé wæs onbryrded

    compunctus

    mid gemynde his synna and weóp,

    • Bd. 3, 27
      • ;
    • S. 559, 2
      • .

  • Ðǽr mon ðæt godspel sægþ maniges mannes heorte biþ onbryrded,

    • Blickl. Homl. 47, 32
      • .
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v. in-bryrdan.
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v.  an-bryrdan á-bryrdan in-bryrdan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-bryrdan.” 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/24475.

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