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árian

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1 árian

part. ende, gende; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; [ár honour]. I. to give honour, to honour, reverence, have in admiration; honorare, honorificare, venerari :-- Is to árianne is to be honoured, Bt. 32, 2 ; Fox 116, 14. Onsægednys lófes áreþ me sacri-ficium laudis honorificabit me, Ps. Spl. T. 49, 24. He áraþ ða gódan he honoureth the good, Bt, 41, 2; Fox 246, 19. Ic árode ðé ofer ealle gesceafta I honoured thee over all creatures, Exon. 28 a ; Th. 84, 33; Cri. 1383. Se ríca Rómána wita and se ároda the rich and honoured senator of the Romans, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 89; Met. 10, 45. II. to regard, care for, spare, have mercy, pity, pardon, forgive; consulere, propitium esse, misereri, parcere :-- He þearfum árede he cared for the poor, Bd. 3, 9 ; S. 533. 25. Ac árodon heora lífe but they spared their lives, Jos. 9, 21: Beo. Th. 1201; B. 598. Búton him se cyning árian wille unless the king will pardon him, L. In. 36; Wilk. 20, 39; Th. i. 124, 19. Ára ambehtum [MS. onbehtum] pity thy servants, Exon. 13 a ; Th. 23, 17; Cri. 370. DER. ge-árian. arian
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ᚪᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.
Beowulf
Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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