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be-rǽdan

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be-rǽdan, pp. -rǽden (and-rǽd).
to dispossess, deprive of power, betray,
with acc. of person
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  • Twégen his búrþéna woldon berǽdan swíðe unrihtlíce heora cynehláford

    duo eunuchi volue*-*runt insurgere in regem,

    • Hml. A. 95, III.
  • Acitofel wolde berǽdan his rihtwísan hláford,

    • Hml. S. 19, 214.
  • Hú Boetius hí (the Goths) wolde berǽdan

      (cf. áferran,
    • I ;F. 2, 19
    • ),
    • Bt. tit. I
    • ;
    • F. x. 2
    • .
  • Birédnae (-raed*-*nae)

    prodimur,

    • Txts. 89, 1661
    • .
with acc. of person and inst. (gen. , or æt) of thing
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  • Þone gelpscaðan ríce berǽdan

      (cf. áfyrran,
    • Bt. 16, 4
    • ;
    • F. 58, 13
    • ),
    • Met. 9, 50
    • .
to take by treachery :
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  • Se deófol á sǽtaþ hwǽr hé mæge unware men beswícan, and hé nǽfre tó þæs feala berǽdeð þæt hé ǽfre ful sié

    daemones insidiantur incautis, capiunt nescientes, captos devorant exsaturarique nan queunt devoratis,

    • Bl. N. 5, 32
    • .
  • Ðá Iudéiscan syrwiað and rúniað hú hí þé (Jesus) berǽdan magon,

    • Hml. S. 24, 100
    • .
  • Hú hé mihte þæt manncynn berǽdan

    quo aditu possit obtinere eos

    (the people of besieged Bethulia),

    • Hml. A. 109, 239
    • .
to consult about (v. N. E. D. be- rede ):
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  • þǽr ðá mihtigan wíf hyra mægen berǽddon,

    • Lch. iii. 52, 22
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Frs. bi-réda
:
O. L. Ger. be-ráden consultus.
]
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