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á-bǽdan

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Substitute the following:
to force, wring
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  • Ele ábǽdan and áwringan of þám bergum

    ab olivis exigere oleum torquendo,

    • Gr. D. 250, 22
    • .
to compel
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  • Gif ðæt nýd ábǽdeþ

    cum exhiberi mysterium ipsa necessitas compellit,

    • Bd. 1, 27
    • ;
    • S. 497, 1
    • .
  • Ne hé on horses hrycg cuman wolde, nemne hwylc nýd máre ábǽdde

    nisi si major necessitas compulisset,

    • 3, 5
    • ;
    • S. 526, 28
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  • Wé beóþ genýdede and ábǽdede, ðæt wé sceolon ágyldan,

    • Gr. D. 350, 10
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to demand, require.
where the object is something needed or requisite
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  • Nániges fultumes ábǽdeþ (-d, MS. ) sió lár

    nullum adjutorium expostulet ratio,

    • Nar. 2, 2
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  • Gif se geleáfa ábǽdeþ

    si fides exigat,

    • Gr. D. 176, 14: 333, 19
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  • Ðá ðe se hring ealles geáres on wurþunge symbeldaga ábǽdde

    ea quae totius anni circulus in celebratione dierum festorum poscebat,

    • Bd. 4, 18
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    • M. 314, 23
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  • Hí ðæt scyp gehlæsted hæfdon mid ðám ðingum ðe swá mycles síþfætes nýd ábǽdde

    quae tanti itineris necessitas poscebat,

    • 5, 9
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    • S. 623, 18
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  • Hí wæron gefédde mid ðæs gecyndes neádþearfnysse ábǽde

    (? the passage seems to mean 'that they fed on what nature required for her needs'),

    • Hml. S. 23b, 130
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where the object is something due, a tax, or the like
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  • Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, ðá ðe ábaedde beóð from ðaem nédbáderum,

    • C. D. i. 114, 20
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  • Ys fíra ǽnig ðára ðe . . . an man áge deáð ábǽde, ǽr se dæg cyme

    is there any man whom death can claim before the appointed day comes? (? the passage seems corrupt),

    • Sal. 478
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