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baþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§7; §57; §302; §643;
Dele beði(ge)an, and add to
v. trans.
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  • Ꝥ bæð ꝥ sc̃a Maria ꝥ cild on baþode

      Shrn. 30, 17.
  • Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian . . . heó wolde ǽrest ealle ðá baðian þe on ðám mynstre wǽron,

      Hml. S. 20, 44-7: 11, 151.
with reflex, pron.:---
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  • Ic mé nǽfre bet ne baðode,

      Ap. Th. 13, 21.
  • Ðá baþode hé hine on gehálgedum wætre,

      Guth. 60, 2: Gr. D. 308, 22.
  • Baþige hé hine on swétum wætre,

      Lch. ii. 244, 17, 23.
  • Ongan hé hine baðian swá swátigne,

    • Ors. 3, 9
    • ;
    • S. 124, 30.
  • Heó wolde hí sylfe baðian,

      Hml. S. 20, 48.
to immerse in a liquid by way of torment,
Similar entries
v. bæþ
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  • On weallendum ele hé hét hine baðian,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 17.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. badón
:
Icel. baðask to bathe.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-baþian.
Linked entries
v.  bæþ.
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