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wiþ-bregdan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
wiþ-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd,-brǽd,pl. -brugdon, -brúdon
To withhold, restrain, check, hold back
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  • Gif ðæt mód ðæm willan ne wiðbrítt

    dum in cogitatione voluptas non reprimitur,

    • Past. 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 71, 8.

  • Godes feónd wiðbrítt ðæm untruman móde ðære sibbe (dilectionem proximorum vulneratis cordibus subtrahens ) ðe hé self forlét,

    • 47
      • ;
    • Swt. 361, 2.

  • Ðá ðá né wolde árwierðra monna mód from ðisses middangeardes geférrǽdenne áteón, suíðe suíðe hé him wiðbrǽd, ðá hé cuæð

    Paulus religiosorum mentes a mundi consortio contestando, ac potius conveniendo suspendit, dicens,

    • 18
      • ;
    • Swt. 131, 1.

  • Hé hét heora ǽlcum fíftig scyllinga tó sceatte syllan, ðæt hí heora handa fram ðam blódes gyte ne wiðbrúdon,

      Homl. Th. i. 88, 5.

  • Hit is micel ðearf, ðæt mon hire suíðe hrædlíce wiðbregde

    festinare necesse est, ut repugnatione vincantur,

    • Past. 13
      • ;
    • Swt. 79, 21.
Etymology
[
Bute þu wiðbride þe,
    H. M. 9, 9.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wiþ-bregdan.” 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/36129.

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