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be-ládian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to excuse, absolve from an obligation,
let off
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  • Ic ne beládige míne áteorigendlican ylde,

      Hml. S. 31, 1346.
  • Hí bǽdon ðone bydel ðæt hé hí beládode. Hml. Th. ii. 374, 9.

  • Beláda mé, 372 20: Lk. 14, 19. ꝥ ðú mé beládige

    habe me excusalum,

      18, Nǽnig sý beládod fram þǽre kycenan þénunge, R. Ben. 58, 14. Ia reflex.
to beg off
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  • Ic ne beládige mé for ylde,

      Hml. Th. ii. 516, 27.

  • Hé hine beládað,

      374, 17.

  • Hí hí beládiað,

      372, 18.

  • Þá ongunnon hig hig beládian

    coeperunt excusare,

      Lk. 14, 18.
with gen.
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  • Ne mæg eówer nán hyne láre beládian,

      Ll. Th. ii. 424, 24.
with (neg.) clause
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  • Nán man hine ne sceal beládian þæt hé Godes cyrcan ne geséce Hml. Th. ii. 444, 8.

  • Hé for his wífe ne dearr hine sylfne beládian ðæt hé ne scule faran,

      Hex. 34, 21.
to offer as excuse
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  • ꝥ nán man ne ðorfte hine beládian, ꝥ hé fæt næfde

    that nobody need offer as excuse that he had not a vessel,

      Hml. A. 141, 83.
where a person is charged with something,
to excuse, exculpate
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  • Þæt hyra nán þurh nytennysse hine beládian ne mæge,

      R. Ben. 127, 10.

  • Hú hí hí willen beládian on ðǽm miclan dóme,

      Past. 429, 4.
with gen.
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  • Heó eáþe mihte þæs forligeres unhlísan hí beládian. Hml. S. 2, 205.

  • Ðára scylda hié wilniað ðæt hié scylen hié beladian,

      Past. 241, 2.
with (neg.) clause
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  • Hé mæg hine ðý lǽs beládian ðæt hé næbbe wíte geearnod.

    inexcusabiliter merebitur supplicium,

      347, 19.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-ládian.” 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/39869.

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