Bádian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bádian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: a. To pledge, seize, take by way of a pledge;

Definitions

1 bádian

p. ode; pp. od; pignerare, pignus auferre :-- Of ǽgdran stæðe on óðer man mót bádian, búte man elles riht begytan mǽge from one shore to the other one may take a pledge, unless he can get justice in another way, L. O. D. 2; Th. i. 354, 3. badian

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚪᛞᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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