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Old English Dictionary Entry

Baþian

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1 baþian

Dele beði(ge)an, and add to I. Ꝥ bæð ꝥ sca Maria ꝥ cild on baþode, Shrn. 30, 17. Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian . . . heó wolde ǽrest ealle ðá baðian þe on ðám mynstre wǽron, Hml. S. 20, 44-7: 11, 151. I a. with reflex, pron.:--Swá culfre ðonne heó baðað hí on smyltum wætre, Shrn. 85, 21. Ic mé nǽfre bet ne baðode, Ap. Th. 13, 21. Ðá baþode hé hine on gehálgedum wætre, Guth. 60, 2: Gr. D. 308, 22. Baþige hé hine on swétum wætre, Lch. ii. 244, 17, 23. Ongan hé hine baðian swá swátigne, Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 30. Heó wolde hí sylfe baðian, Hml. S. 20, 48. I b. to immerse in a liquid by way of torment, II:--On weallendum ele hé hét hine baðian, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 17. [O. H. Ger. badón: Icel. baðask to bathe.]
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚪᚦᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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German
Icel.
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Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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