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á-bregdan

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á-bregdan, -brédan.
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trans. with idea of quick or forcible movement,
to drag, pull, snatch, pluck
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  • Se heofon ábrét ðás tunglan underbæc,

      Angl. vii. 14, 137.
  • Februarius mónð bissextus up ábrét, viii. 307, 29.

  • Hí ðone mete him of ðám múðe ábrúdon,

      Hml. Th. i. 404, 5.

  • Ðá cwelleras hire cláðas of ábrúdon,

      Hml. S. 7, 146.

  • Hí hine þanon ábrúdon,

      23, 647.

  • Ábregd cniht of áde,

      Gen. 2914.

  • Ábréd of ðá fiðeru,

      Lev. 1, 17 : Lch. i. 362, 5.

  • Gif man wǽpn ábrégde,

      L. Th. i. 32, 11.

  • Búton hé ðá wyrte up ábréde,

      Lch. i. 246, 5.

  • Ðæt seó gítsung his willan ne ábrúde fram láre,

      Hml. Th. i. 394, 14.

  • Ábrédan

    exerere, evaginare.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 75 : Sal. 164.

  • Abrogden

    vulsum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 55 : Ps. Th. 108, 28.

  • Swelce ðú hæbbe ðá duru ábróden (cf. on-bregdan)

    as if you had flung open the door.

      Bt. 35, 3 ; F. 160, 5.

  • Ábródenes retecti, An. Ox. 52, 4, Ábródenum

    subtracto,

      Kent, Gl. 996.

  • Áweg ábróden

    avulsus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 4.

  • Ábrogden from ðǽm eorþlican

    exemta terrenis,

      Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 17.

  • Alexander wearð from ðǽm burgwarum in ábróden,

      Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 134, 14.

  • Of Godes yrre ábrogdene

    de ira eruti,

      Bd; 2, 1; M. 96, 28.

  • Of ðám þeóstrum ábrogdene

    exemti tenebris,

      5, 12; M. 428, 26.

  • Hé wæs heálíce up ábrogden

    ad alta rapitur,

      Past. 101, 2.

  • Up ábróden

    exhaustum.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 51.

  • Ne sind míne eágan up ábródene (

    elati

    ),
      R. Ben. 22, 16.
of rapine
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  • Swá hwylc swá hwælhugu of cirican þurh stale út ábrygdeð (-brédeþ, S. 490, 5)

    si quis aliquid de ecclesia furtu abstulerit,

      Bd. 1, 27; M. 66, 29.

  • Stíþ[lice] ágeán ábrédeþ

    violenter auferunt,

      An. Ox. 5440.
intrans.
to make a movement with something
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  • Hé ábrægd mid ðý bille. Gen. 2931.
to move one's self quickly, to start from sleep,
wake with a start
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  • Hé fǽringa ábrǽd

    suddenly he woke up.

      Guth. 94, 21.
    [His sweord he ut abræid, Lay. 26553.

  • Adam abraid (

    awoke

    ),
      Gen. and Ex. 232.

  • Ulixes out of slepe abraid,

      Gow. iii. 54, 4.
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v.  á-brédan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-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/37384.

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