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a-rǽdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-rǽdan, -rédan; p. -rǽdde, -rédde, -réde; pp. -rǽded, -rǽd, -réd [rǽd counsel] .
to take counsel, care for, appoint, determine; consilium capere, consulere alicui, decernere, definire
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  • Sende gewrit, on ðám he gesette and arǽdde

    misit literas, in quibus decrevit,

    • Bd. 2, 18; S. 520, 33
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  • Gif hit eallinga ðus arǽded

    si omnimodis ita definitum est,

    • 4, 9; S. 577, 29
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  • Ða dómas ða ðe fram fæderum arǽdde and gesette wǽron

    quæque definierunt canones patrum,

    • 4, 5; S. 572, 18
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  • Hwæðere ðis betwyh heom arǽddon

    his tamen conditionibus interpositis,

    • 4, 1; S. 564, 15
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  • He symble þearfum aréde

    semper pauperibus consulebat,

    • 3, 9; S. 533, 25
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to conjecture, guess, prophesy, interpret, utter; conjectare, divinare, prophetizare, interpretari, eloqui
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  • Ne mihton arǽdan men engles ǽrend-béc

    men might not interpret the angel's messages,

    • Cd. 212; Th. 261, 30
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    • Dan. 734
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  • And him to cwǽdon, Arǽd

    et dixerunt ei, Prophetiza,

    • Mk. Bos. 14, 65
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  • Ðá se wísdóm ðis spell arǽd hæfde

    when wisdom had uttered this speech,

    • Bt. 23; Fox 78, 20, note 8
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    • Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 24
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    • Wand. 5
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v. rǽdan, p. rǽdde.
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v.  a-rǽd a-réde.
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