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árian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
árian, to árianne; part. ende, gende; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; v. a. [ár honour] .
Wright's OE grammar
§536; §643;
to give honour, to honour, reverence, have in admiration; honorare, honorificare, venerari
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  • Is to árianne

    is to be honoured,

    • Bt. 32, 2 ; Fox 116, 14
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  • Onsægednys lófes áreþ me

    sacrificium laudis honorificabit me,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 49, 24
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  • He áraþ ða gódan

    he honoureth the good,

    • Bt, 41, 2; Fox 246, 19
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  • Ic árode ðé ofer ealle gesceafta

    I honoured thee over all creatures,

    • Exon. 28 a ; Th. 84, 33
      • ;
    • Cri. 1383
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  • Se ríca Rómána wita and se ároda

    the rich and honoured senator of the Romans,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 10, 89
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    • Met. 10, 45
      • .
to regard, care for, spare, have mercy, pity, pardon, forgive; consulere, propitium esse, misereri, parcere
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  • He þearfum árede

    he cared for the poor,

    • Bd. 3, 9 ; S. 533, 25
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  • Ac árodon heora lífe

    but they spared their lives,

    • Jos. 9, 21
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1201
      • ;
    • B. 598
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  • Búton him se cyning árian wille

    unless the king will pardon him,

    • L. In. 36
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    • Wilk. 20, 39
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    • Th. i. 124, 19
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  • Ára ambehtum [MS. onbehtum]

    pity thy servants,

    • Exon. 13 a ; Th. 23, 17
      • ;
    • Cri. 370
      • .
Derived forms
ge-árian
Linked entries
v.  áriende árod.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “árian.” 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/2120.

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