Ge-bregdan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-bregdan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-bregdan
Take here ge-bredan (l. -brédan) in Dict. , dele II, and add: I. to pull out, draw. (1) with dat. (cf. bregdan) :-- Hé gebrægd his sweorde, Bl. H. 233, 7. Gif mon beforan ærcebiscepe ge-feohte oþþe wǽpne gebrégde (-bréde, ), Ll. Th. i. 70, 19. Gif hé wǽpne gebréde and nó feohte, 88, 1. (2) with acc. :-- Petrus hæfde suuord gebrægd hine Petrus kabens gladium eduxit eum, Jn. L. R. 18, 10. II. to withdraw, take away :-- Nis cúð hú oððe on hwylcere tíde hyre líchama gebróden wǽre, oððe hwider hé áhafen sý, Hml. Th. i. 440, 19. III. to knot, bind :-- Hé ne geliéfð ðæs grínes ðe hé mid gebrogden (-bróden) wyrð quo stranguletur laqueo non agnoscit, Past. 331, 20. IV. to bring a charge against a person, braid (in upbraid) :-- Se deófol wyle wið þínre sáwle campian and þé úp gebrédan ǽlc þǽra þinga þe þú wið God ágylte, Wlfst. 249, 3. V. to feign :-- Heó gebrǽd hí seóce (cf. Icel. bregða sér sjukum), Hml. S. 2, 151. ge-bregdan

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