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bád

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
bád, e; f. [from bǽdan compellere]
Wright's OE grammar
§367;
A pledge, stake, a thing distrained; pignus
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  • Gif bád genumen sý, ðonne begyte ða báde hám

    if a pledge be taken, then shall he obtain the pledge home again, or back,

    • L. O. D. 3; Th. i. 354, 6, 7
    • .
Derived forms
bádian, néd-bád, nýd
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v. wed, wedd.
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  • bád, n.