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láðian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
láðian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §536;
To be hateful or loathed
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  • Heora fela wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde and ðǽr láðode sóftnys

    many of them were clad with camel's hair next to the body, and there softness was hateful,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 506, 24
    • .
  • Hió ðæm folce láðade

    she was hateful to the people,

    • Ors. 3, 11
    • ;
    • Swt. 148, 15
    • .
Etymology
[
Þe schal laðin his luue, Jul, 16, 6
:
þat te schal laði þi lif, H. M. 9, 2
:
him loðie, A. R. 324, 27
:
us lotheth þe lyf, Piers P. prol. 155
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O. Sax. léðón
:
O. H. Ger. leidón.
]
Similar entries
v. lǽðan, láðettan.
Linked entries
v.  lǽðan láðettan be-lǽðed.
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