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á-bǽdan

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Substitute the following:
to force, wring
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  • Ele ábǽdan and áwringan of þám bergum

    ab olivis exigere oleum torquendo,

      Gr. D. 250, 22.
to compel
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  • Gif ðæt nýd ábǽdeþ

    cum exhiberi mysterium ipsa necessitas compellit,

      Bd. l, 27; S. 497, 1.
  • Ne hé on horses hrycg cuman wolde, nemne hwylc nýd rnáre ábǽdde

    nisi si major necessitas compulisset,

      3, 5 ; S. 526, 28.
  • Wé beóþ genýdede and ábǽdede, ðæt wé sceolon ágyldan,

      Gr. D. 350, 10.
to demand, require.
where the object is something needed or requisite
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  • Nániges fultumes ábǽdeþ (-d, MS. ) sió lár

    nullum adjutorium expostulet ratio,

      Nar. 2, 2.
  • Gif se geleáfa ábǽdeþ

    si fides exigat,

      Gr. D. 176, 14: 333, 19.
  • Ðá ðe se hring ealles geáres on wurþunge symbeldaga ábǽdde

    ea quae totius anni circulus in celebratione dierum festorum poscebat,

      Bd. 4, 18; M. 314, 23.
  • Hí ðæt scyp gehlæsted hæfdon mid ðám ðingum ðe swá mycles síþfætes nýd ábǽdde

    quae tanti itineris necessitas poscebat,

      5, 9; S. 623, 18.
  • Hí wæron gefédde mid ðæs gecyndes neád;þearfnysse ábǽde (? the passage seems to mean 'that they fed on what nature required for her needs'),

      Hml. S. 23b, 130.
where the object is something due, a tax, or the like
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  • Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, ðá de ábǽdde beóð from ðaem nédbáderum,

      C. D. i. 114, 20.
  • Ys fíra ǽnig ðára ðe . . . an man áge deáð ábǽde, ǽr se dæg cyme

    is there any man whom death can claim before the appointed day comes?

    (? the passage seems corrupt),
      Sal. 478.
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