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ládian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ládian, p. ode.
to excuse, clear [one's self of a charge], exculpate, defend
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  • Ðe hit symle lytiglíce ládaþ

    sese callide defendentis,

    • Past. 35, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 244, 9
    • .
  • For ðan ðú tówyrpest ðíne fýnd and ealle ða ðe unrihtwísnesse ládiaþ and scyldaþ

    ut destruas inimicum et defensorem,

    • Ps. Th. 8, 3
    • .
  • Ðære leóhtmódnesse sanctus Paulus hine ládode ðá hé cwæþ ...

    a mentis levitate se alienum Paulus fuisse perhibuit, cum dicit ...

    • Past. 42, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 308, 7
    • .
  • Ðá ládode hé hine

    ille se excusans,

    • Bd. 3, 7
    • ;
    • S. 530, 26
    • .
  • Ðá cwæþ Petrus wǽre ðú mid ðínum fæder ðá hé mé swá ládode ðæt hie mé ne gegripon

    then said Peter 'Wast thou with thy father when he made such excuse for me that they did not seize me?'

    • Blickl. Homl. 151, 26
    • .
  • Him Rómáne his forwierndon and hit under ðæt ládedon for ðon ðe hé ǽr æt ðæm óðrum cirre sige næfde

    the Romans refused it [the triumph] to him, and excused [the refusal] under the pretext that before on the other occasion he had not gained the victory,

    • Ors. 5, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 216, 31
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  • Ic bidde ðé ðæt ðú mé ládige

    I pray thee to excuse me,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 374, 10
    • .
  • Ðæt synfulle mód ðe hit simle wile ládian

    peccantem animam excusantemque se,

    • Past. 35, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 241, 7
    • .
  • Hú mæg ic ládigan láðan sprǽce oððe andsware ǽnige findan wráðum tówiðere

    how can I clear myself of the hateful charge, or find any answer in reply to my foes?

    • Exon. l0 b
    • ;
    • Th. 12, 9
    • ;
    • Cri, 183
    • .
as a technical legal term [lád, II.] to clear from an accusation. [Amongst instances in which suspicion of crime is removed by the oath of the suspected party and the oaths of compurgators, may be taken that of King Alfonso who, when suspicion rested on him of complicity in the murder of his brother Sancho, cleared himself by the oaths of himself and twelve of his vassals. See the account in the Cronica del Cid. cc. 76-79.]:
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  • Gif se húshláford hit nát ládie hine

    [shall clear himself by oath]

    si latet fur, dominus domus ... jurabit, quod non extenderet manum in rem proximi sui,

    • Ex. 22, 8.
  • Gif hé hine ládian wille gá hé tó ðam hátum ísene and ládige ða hand mid ðe man týhþ ðæt hé ðæt fácen mid worhte

    if he be willing to clear himself, then let him undergo the ordeal by hot iron, and therewith clear the hand with which he is accused of committing the fraud,

    • L. Ath. i. 14
    • ;
    • Th. i. 206, 22-4
    • .
  • Gyf mon ðone hláford teó, nime him fíf þegnas tó, and beó him sylf syxta, and ládie hine ðæs

    [by his own oath and the oaths of five compurgators clear himself of that charge],

    • L. Eth. i. 1
    • ;
    • Th. i. 282, 4-6, 13
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  • Hé hine twelfa sum ládige ðæt hé ða sócne nyste

    let him clear himself by his own oath, supported by the oaths of eleven others, from the charge of having known that the slain man had sought sanctuary,

    • L. Ath. iv. 4
    • ;
    • Th. 1. 224, 2.
  • Gif man hwilcne man teó ðæt hé ðone man féde ðe úres hláfordes griþ tóbrocen habbe ládige hine mid þrinna xii (cf. Icel. þrennar tylftir),

    • L. Eth. iii. 13
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    • Th. i. 296, 29
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  • Mæssepreóst ládige hine on ðam húsle ... Diacon nime six his gehádan and ládige mid ðám ...

    • c. L.Eth. ix. 19-27
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    • Th. i. 344, 346
    • :
    • L. C. E. 5
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    • Th. i. 362, 364
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  • Bútan hé hine ládian mǽge ðæt hé him nán fácn on nyste

    unless he can clear himself from the charge of having known of any fraud in the man,

    • L. Ath. iv. 4
    • ;
    • Th. i. 224, 6.
  • Bútan hé hine ládian durre be ðæs flýman were

    [the degree of lád to be determined by the status of the fugitive]

    ðæt hé hine flýman nyste,

    • i. 20
    • ;
    • Th. i. 210, 13.
  • Ládián be ðæs cynges wergilde oððe mid þrýfealdan ordále,

    • L. Eth. v. 30
    • ;
    • Th. i. 312, 6.
  • Ládian be ðam deópestan áþe oððe mid þrífealdan ordále,

    • vi. 37
    • ;
    • Th. i. 324, 18
    • .
  • Gif mon cyninges þegn beteó manslihtes, gif hé hine ládian dyrre, dó hé ðæt mid xii cyninges þegnum

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    • L. A. G. 3
    • ;
    • Th. i. 154, 6
    • .
  • Gif se hláford hine ládian wylle mid twám gódum þegenum,

    • L. Eth. iii. 4
    • ;
    • Th. i. 294, 12.
Derived forms
á-, be-, ge-ládian
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v.  lǽdend be-ládian.
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