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to pay back, repay
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  • Hwonon ágene ðú

    unde restituas

    ,
      Kent. Gl. 850.

  • Wé eall ágyldan sceolan ꝥ hé ús ǽr sealde,

      Bl. H. 51, 25.
to render, pay what is due (v. riht,
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  • Ic ágylde dependo, i.

    reddo, persolvam

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 80.

  • Ágilst þú (

    reddis

    ) Drihtene þás þing?
      Deut. 32, 6.

  • Ic lǽrde ꝥ hié heora gafol águldon,

      Bl. H. 185, 22.

  • Wæstm ágildan

    to bring forth fruit, 55, 6. II a. of duty or service, to pay, perform :-- Ic ágeald reddidi (vota mea ),

      Kent. Gl. 197.

  • Gesceád ágyldan

    to render an account

    ,
      Hml. Th. i. 274, 3.
to pay for, make retribution for
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  • Hí sculon deóre ágildan eal þæt hí forgímdon. Wlfst. 190, 22.

  • Þá ǽrran þing ágoldene wǽron. Ors. 5,

      15; S. 250, 31.
Etymology
[Goth. us-gildan: O. Sax. á-geldan.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-gildan.” 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/38280.

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