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HREDDAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
HREDDAN, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§523; §527;
To RID, take away, save, liberate
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  • God hí hredde wið heora fýnd

    God rid them of, or saved them from, their enemies,

    • Homl. Th. i. 312, 9.
  • Hrede ł nere

    eripe,

    • Blickl. Gl. Ps. 58, 2.
  • Bútan ðú úsic æt ðam leódsceaþan hreddan wille

    unless thou wilt save us from the destroyer,

    • Exon. 11 b
    • ;
    • Th. 17, 23
    • ;
    • Cri. 274.
  • Hwílum ic wráððum sceal stefne mínre forstolen hreddan

    sometimes with my voice I shall save the stolen from enemies,

    • 104 a
    • ;
    • Th. 396, 4
    • ;
    • Rä. 15, 18.
  • Óþ ðæt him god wolde þurh hryre hreddan heá ríce

    until god would take from him by death his exalted power,

    • Cd. 208
    • ;
    • Th. 258, 5
    • ;
    • Dan. 671.
Etymology
[
Orm. redden
:
O. Frs. hredda, reda
:
O. H. Ger. rettan. Grff. 2, 471
;
Ger. retten.
]
Derived forms
á-hreddan
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