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  • Tó mæginðrymme ðínum tó ábiddanne

    (idoneos) ad majestatem tuam exorandum,

    • Rtl. 87, 31
      • .
to pray to, entreat a person
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  • Ábiddaþ (biddaþ, v. l.) hine,

    • Bt. 42
      • ;
    • F. 258, 21
      • .
to ask for, entreat,
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  • Seó áwyrgednes ðe eówer yldran ábǽdon sylfe, . . . ðá hió cwǽdon . . . ,

    • H. R. 7, 22
      • .
where the person from whom is given
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  • Heó ábæd án hridder hire tó lǽne æt óðrum wífe

    praestari sibi capisterium petiit,

    • Gr. D. 96. 33
      • .

  • Hí ábǽdon

    petierunt

    æt ðám Egiptiscon hira fatu,

    • Ex. 12, 35
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  • Ðǽm ðe bið máre befæst, from ðǽm máre bið ábeden,

    • R. Ben. 14, 4
      • .
where the person for whom is given
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  • Willtú wit unc ábiddan drincan?,

    • Bd. 5, 3
      • ;
    • S. 616, 30
      • .
the request given in a clause
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  • Ðú ábǽde æt mé, ðæt ic ðé write,

    • Guth. 4, 20
      • .
to get by asking,
with acc. of thing
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  • Hié sendon Hannan, and hé hit ábæd

    Annonis oratione meruerunt,

    • Ors. 4, 7
      • ;
    • S. 182, 13
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  • Ðá ábæd heó án hridder

    she borrowed a sieve,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 154, 15
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  • Hé wénde ðæt hit sum óðer man ábiddan wolde oþþe gebicgan

    (would get it by asking or by purchase),

    • Chr. 1044
      • ;
    • P. 164, 11
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  • Ðeáh ðe ic georne bǽde, ne mihte ic lýfnesse ábiddan

    porro diligentius obsecrans, nequaquam impetrare potui,

    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 619, 8
      • .
the object a clause
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  • Ðá ábǽdan hý uneáðe, ðæt mon geðylgode sume hwíle,

    • Wlfst. 100, 7
      • .
the object an acc. and infin.
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  • Lucius bæd hine Crístenne beón and eác ábæd,

    • Bd. 1, 4
      • ;
    • S. 475, 25
      • .
where the person from whom the object (acc. or clause) is obtained is given
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  • Ðá ábǽdon hié æt Gode, ðæt hit rínde

    ad invocationem nominis Christi vis pluviae effecta est,

    • Ors. 6, 13
      • ;
    • S. 268, 15
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  • Ðæt gé æt ǽnegum godum mehten rén ábiddan

    ut optati imbres superveniant,

    • 4, 10
      • ;
    • S. 194, 26
      • :
    • Bl. H. 187, 19
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  • Hé hæfde of óþerum þeódum ábeden IIII CM,

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 80, 5
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  • Gif hé wolde ábiddan æt Gode, ðæt hé móste his feónde áfyllan,

    • Chr. 626
      • ;
    • P. 25, 11: 1093
      • ;
    • P. 228, 15
      • .
where the person for whom is given
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  • Ðæt oft wǽpen ábæd his mondryhtne

    weapon oft it (a sheath) got for its lord,

    • Rä. 56, 12
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where the purpose for which is given
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  • Hió hiere tó fultume ábæd Molosorum cyning

    prosequente rege Molossorum,

    • Ors. 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 148, 11
      • .
where (2) and (3) are combined
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  • Monige men him forgifenesse æt úrum Drihtne ábiddaþ,

    • Bl. H. 65, 8
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  • Ðá Pyhtas heom ábǽdon wíf æt Scottum,

    • Chr. P. p. 3, 15
      • .
with gen. of thing
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  • Sé ðe sum wundorlíc ðing on Godes naman dón wile, oððe sé ðe sumes wundres dyslíce æt Gode ábiddan wile,

    • Hml. Th. 170, 30
      • .
govt. uncertain
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  • Gif hwá him ryhtes bidde, and ábiddan ne mæge,

    • L. In. 8
      • ;
    • Th. i. 106, 21
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Etymology
[
Goth. us-bid(j)an optare
:
O. Sax. á-biddian
:
O. H. Ger. ar-bitan obsecrare, exposcere
:
Ger. er-bitten
.]
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v. un-ábeden and ábeden in Dict.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-biddan.” 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/37334.

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