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á-rǽdan

  • verb [ weakstrong ]
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á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
Under
dele last passage, under
dele last two passages; and add:
to determine, fix
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  • Hié þæt fæstnodon mid áþum swá swá

    hé

    hit áréd,
      Chr. 921 ; P. 103, 20.

  • Aethelnóth and his wíf árǽddan hiora erfe,

      C. D. i. 234, 26.

  • Ðet hio him néren méran ondeta ðon hit árǽded wæs on Aeðelbaldes dæge . . . hió mósten mid áðe gecýðan ðet hit suá wǽre árǽden on Aeðelbaldes dæge,

      279, 2-7.

  • Ne cymst þú on þínne éþel for þon ðín éþel (? wyrd) hit swá be þínum heáfde and fóre hafað árǽded

    vivus in patriam non reverteres, quum fata ita de tuo capite statuerunt,

      Nar. 29, 14.
to read a riddle
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  • Ic árǽdde Antiochus rǽdels,

      Ap. Th. 24, 12 : 5, 2.

  • Hé ꝥ sóð árǽdde,

      4, 20.

  • Þæt hé him bócstafas árǽdde and árehte,

      Dan. 741.

  • Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde,

      Ap. Th. 3, 10.

  • Hé árǽdan ne mihte þæs apostoles dégol.

      Bl. H. 181. 17.
to read what is written
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  • Næs ꝥ wel ꝥ þú self árǽddest þá stafas ofer hire birgene,

      Ap. Th. 26, 10.

  • Se biscop orationem ofer me árǽdde,

      Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 566, 4.

  • Þæt yrfegewrit man árǽdde beforan eallum Westseaxena witum. Þá hit árǽd wæs.

      Cht. Th. 486, 15-17.

  • Englisc gewrit árǽdan,

      Past. 7, 13, 17.

  • Beforan him hé hét árǽdan þæs káseres dóm . . .Þá se dóm árǽded wæs,

      Shrn. 129, 1-4. ꝥ
to prepare
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  • Áraeddun (-réddun)

    expedierant,

      Txts. 61, 784.
Etymology
[Goth. ur-rédan decernere: O. H. Ger. ur-rátan conjicere, prophetizare, argumentari.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-rǽdan.” 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/38876.

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