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æt-bredan

  • verb [ strong ]
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æt-bredan, &c. l. æt-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon; pp. -brogden, -bróden, and add: To take away from (
with dat. or with preps, of, fram)
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  • Ætbrǽt

    detorsit,

      Germ. 397, 368.
with idea of deprivation
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  • God forgeaf ðá ǽhta, and God hí eft ætbrǽd,

      Hml. Th. ii. 328, 30.
  • Drihten mancynne ætbrǽd wuldor, þæt hé him wuldor forgeáfe, i. 578, 15.
with idea of spoliation
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  • Ic ætbréde

    vel ic forgrípe diripio, i. rapio, abstraho, eripio,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 48.

  • Gif ic þurh unriht fácn ǽnigum men áht ætbrǽd

    (abstuli),

      Ll. Th. ii. 136, 9.

  • Hé ætbrǽd mé míne frumcennedan, and nú óðre síðe forstæl míne bletsunga,

      Gen. 27, 36.

  • Hig ealle heora bigleofan ætbrúdon,

      Jud. 6, 4.

  • Nele hé his ǽhta him ætbrédan,

      Hml. Th. ii. 532, 21.

  • Þá wyrta þe hé mid stale gewilnode tó ætbrédanne,

      Gr. D. 25, 16.

  • Gif nýten byð ætbróden

    (caplum ab hostibus),

      Ex. 22, 10.

  • Þá land þe ðá hǽðenan ætbrodon hæfdon,

      Hml. S. 30, 307.

  • Æt-bróden

    direpta,

      An. Ox. 3647.
with idea of rescue
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  • Ic ætbréde oððe áhredde

    eripio,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 168, 9.

  • Sé ðe úre fæderas feóndum ætbrǽd,

      Hml. S. 19, 153.

  • Þám þe hé þám deófle ætbrǽd,

      29, 156.
with idea of seduction
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  • Ꝥ hé ús fordó and ús Drihtne ætbréde,

      Hml. A. 5, 122.

  • Þá Gode gebróhte þe se deófol ætbrédan wolde,

      Hml. S. 5, 24.
with idea of withdrawal, abstention
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  • Se wísdóm hine sylfne ætbrét fram módes híwunge. Hml. Th. ii. 326, 3.
  • Hé hine ætbrǽd þám flǽsclicum lustum, i. 58, 18.

  • Hí ætbrúdon menn fram flǽsclicum lustum,

      576, 23.

  • Hé ætbréde

    (subtrahat)

    his líchaman of mette,
      R. Ben. I. 85, 5.
with idea of withholding, prevention
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  • Ic ðé ætbréde míne rénas, þæt heó þínre eorðan ne rínað,

      Wlfst. . 159, 25.

  • Hé ætbrǽd ꝥ gefeoht

    he would not let the battle take place,

      Hml. S. 31, 126.

  • Ætbródenum his dǽle of wíne,

      R. Ben. I. 77, 14.
with idea of destroying, putting an end to
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  • Ꝥ þú ádýlegie synna, þú þe synna ætbrýtst. Hml. S. 3, 544.

  • Sé de ætbrýt and ádýlegað middaneardes synna,

      Hml. Th. ii. 38, 29.

  • Þá blisse ús ne ætbrét nán man,

      Hml. A. 78, 144.

  • Sé þe ætbrǽt

    (aufert)

    gást ealdra,
      Ps. L. 75, 13.

  • Sé ðe ætbrúde synna,

      Hml. Th. ii. 40, 9.

  • God mihte heora geswinc him ætbrédan,

      162, 5.
  • v. æt-brédendlic in Dict.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “æt-bredan.” 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/38006.

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