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bregdan

  • verb
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Wright's OE grammar
§54; §80; §106; §146; §163; §321; §502;
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trans.
with acc.
to pluck, pull, draw, drag
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  • Sáh hé niðer ealre his mihte benumen, and hine man ðá brǽd intó ðæs kinges búre,

    • Chr. 1053
    • ;
    • P. 182, 22
    • .
  • Ealle men hine fram stówe tó stówe brúdon,

    • Hml. S. 23, 653.
  • Ompran ymbdelf, bréd up,

    • Lch. ii. 116, 14
    • :
    • iii. 38, 12
    • .
  • Ne bréde gé nó ðá stengeas of ðǽm hringum,

    • Past. 172, 10
    • .
to move quickly to and fro
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  • Brǽd ꝥ heáfod hider and geond ofer ꝥ fýr,

    • Lch. ii. 38, 3.
to bind, knot
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  • Þá brúdon hig rápas on hyre hancla and on hyre fét.

    • Shrn. 154, 28
    • :
    • 74, 30
    • .
to bring a charge (braid in up-braid)
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  • Þe lǽs þé God up bréde þone godspellican cwide

    lest God bring up against you that saying of the gospel,

    • Wlfst. 248, 9
    • .
to change
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  • Þá brǽd se sceocca hine sylfne tó menn,

    • Hml. S. ii. 222
    • .
  • On manegum óþrum híwum hine brǽd se deófol,

    • 31, 718
    • .
  • brǽd hine on feala bleóna,

    • Bl. H. 175
    • ;
    • 5
    • .
  • Se líchama ongan swǽtan and mislic híw brédan,

    • Wlfst. 141, 3
    • .
Grammar
bregdan, (cf. Icel. bregða with dat.),
with dat.
to change
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  • Hí gehérað hleóðrum brægdan óðre fugelas

    they hear other birds varying their notes,

    • Met. 13, 47
    • .
intrans.
to move, be pulled
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  • Ne bregden nó ðá stengas of ðǽm hringum

    vectes a circuits numquam recedant,

    • Past. 173, 10
    • .
of lightning,
to flash
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  • Swilc leóht swilce þǽr líget brúde,

    • Hml. S. 36, 226
    • .
to play atrick, act with guile,
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v. brédende, brægden, brægd.
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v. mis-, under-bregdan; þurh-brogden.
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