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laðian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
laðian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §536;
To invite, call, call upon
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  • Hwílum ic rincas laðige tó wíne

    at times I invite men to wine,

    • Exon. 104 a
      • ;
    • Th. 395, 32
      • ;
    • Rä. 15, 16
      • .

  • Ðyder ðe unc laðaþ and cégþ uncer Drihten

    whither our Lord invites and calls us,

    • Blickl. Homl. 187, 26
      • :
    • Cd. 226
      • ;
    • Th. 301, 29
      • ;
    • Sat. 589

  • Loth hig laðode geornlíce

    Lot compulit illos oppido,

    • Gen. 19, 3
      • .

  • Hé hí laðede ðæt hí onféngon ðam gerýno Cristes geleáfan

    ad fidei suscipiendæ sacramentum invitaret,

    • Bd. 3, 5
      • ;
    • S. 526, 31
      • .

  • Mé of weorulde cígde and laðode

    me de sæculo evocare dignatus est,

    • 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 568, 18
      • .

  • Heora ða leásan godas hié him laðodan on fultum

    they called upon their false gods to help them,

    • Blickl. Homl. 201, 31
      • .

  • Hé héht hám laðian Mellitum and Iustum

    revocavit Mellitum et Justum,

    • Bd. 2, 6
      • ;
    • S. 508, 33
      • .

  • Ðá hét hé Willfriþ tó ðam sinoþe laðian

    vocari jussit Vilfridum,

    • 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 639, 35
      • .

  • Hé sende his þeówan tó laðigenne mancynn tó ðære écan feorme,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 372, 5
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. laþón
:
O. Sax. lathian
:
O. Frs. lathia
:
Icel. laða
:
O. H. Ger. ladón
:
Ger. laden.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “laðian.” 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/21209.

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