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a-rǽfnan

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a-rǽfnan, l. á-ræfnan (-ian), and add: I.
to bear, endure
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  • Eall ic hit áræfnie for þínum gebode,

      Bl. H. 241, 33.

  • Gif hit mon geðyldiglíce áræfnþ,

      Bt. II, I ; F. 32, 32.

  • Wé eall áræfnaþ,

      Bl. H. 13, 9.

  • Ic hit áræfnede ꝥ ic eów æteówe hwylcum gemete gé sceolan áræfnan,

      237, 12.

  • Þú his dómas on þé sylfum áremdest

    (v. l.

    geþolodest),
      Angl. xii. 505, 4.

  • Hú hé áræfnede ðæs cwelres hand,

      Shrn. 129, 9.

  • Áræfne þú ealle . . . Áræfna þás tintrego,

      Bl. H. 237, 8, 13.

  • Brocu áræfnan (-refnian,

    v. l.

    ).
      Ors. 3, 7; S. 120, 9.

  • Costnunga áræfnan,

      Hml. S. 33, 116.

  • Swá þú hátost mæge áræfnan,

      Lch. ii. 124, 21: 130, 7, Áræfnian, Hml. Th. ii. 34, 3.

  • Se cyng ne mihte áræfnian his dohtor teáras,

      Ap. Th. 22, 25.

  • Strengra tó áræfnanne,

      Wlfst. 207, 24.

  • Syle ús geðyld tó áræfnigenne,

      Hml. S. 30, 135.

  • Ná áræfnigende

    nonferentts,

      An. Ox. 8, 302.
to bear in mind,
ponder
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  • Áræfnaþ

    exigit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 81.

  • Áraebndae

    expendisse,

      Txts. 58, 353.

  • Áræfnde,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 55.

  • Áraefndun

    exigebant,

      107, 80.
to carry out, practise, perform
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  • Ic yfelæs tó fela áræfnde (

    v. l.

    gefremede),
      Angl. xii. 510, 20.
  • He him rehte hwylce searwa se drý arefnde. Bl. H. 173, 8.

  • Árefna

    exerce,

      An. Ox. 46, 42.
  • Se líchoma geunlustaþ þá geoguðlustas tó fremmenne, þá þe him swéte wǽron tó áræfnenne. Bl. H. 59, 10.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-rǽfnan.” 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/38878.

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