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fadian

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  • Fadode

    digessit,

    • An. Ox. 56, 326
      • .
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  • Seofon þing gedafenað rihtwísum cyninge . . . seofoðe, ꝥ hé be freóndan and be fremdan fadige gelíce on rihtlican dóme

    (that in the matter of just judgement his ordering be the same for friends and for strangers),

    • Ll. Th. ii. 306, 29
      • .
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  • Se práfast þæt fadaþ and gegearewaþ

    praepositus omnia disponens,

    • R. Ben. 137, 22
      • .

  • Hé wíslíce his líf ne fadað

    he orders not his life wisely,

    • Wlfst. 52, 28
      • .

  • Fadode,

    • 159, 18
      • .

  • Gesette man þæne þe Godes hús wel fadige

    domui Dei dignum constituant dispensatorem,

    • R. Ben. 119, 12
      • .

  • Gif hé his líf rihtlice fadige,

    • Ll. Th. i. 346, 18.

  • Heora ágene wísan rihtlíce fadian

    to order their conversation aright,

    • ii. 318, 13
      • :
    • Wlfst. 143, 22
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    • 144, 22
      • .
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N. E. D. fade.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fadian.” 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/44300.

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