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§21; §32; §33; §43; §106; §111; §135; §137; §225; §226; §230; §253; §292; §493;
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to command,
with dat. of person
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  • Æðelstán beót his biscopum, ꝥ gé þone frið healdan,

      Ll. Th. i. 240, 12.

  • Mín fæder mé býd,

      Gen. 50, 5.

  • Ne budþú mé ná ælmessan tó syllanne,

      Ps. Th. 39, 7.

  • Man beád him út binnan .v. nihlan

    he was ordered to leave the country within five days,

      Chr. 1048; P. 177, note l. Man beád þá[m
    ] folce þider, 1052; P. 175, 28.

  • Ðæt hié him tó unáberendlíce ne beóden

    ne plus justo jubeant,

      Past. 189, 19, Se
    biscop sceal beódan mid þon mǽston bebode þǽm mæssepreóstum, Bl. H. 47, 24.
with acc. of person,
to summon
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  • Þonne beád man ealle witan tó cynge,

      Chr. 1010; P. 140, 27.

  • Beád hé út scipfyrde,

      1071; P. 208, 3.
to levy a tax
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  • His húscarlas þe ꝥ strange gyld budon,

      Chr. 1041; P. 162, 6.

  • Se cyng lét beódan mycel gyld ofer eall Englaland,

      1083; P. 215, 24.
to offer,
to present an object
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  • Ne þincð mé ná, ꝥ þes sý munuc, þe þú mé beódest (

    commendas

    ),
      Gr. D. 28, 4.

  • Beódende (búd-, Hpt. Gl. 424, 5)

    offerentes (frontem armatam),

      An. Ox. 755.
to propose to grant
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  • Beád hé heom heora ágene dóm feós . . . budon hí heora mágon ꝥ hí heom gesunde fram eódon,

      Chr. 755; P. 49, 16-21.

  • Hié him eáþmédo budon,

      827; P. 60, 33.

  • Gafol beódan,

      1011; P. 141, 19.
to attempt to do
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  • Gif him man bude þæt man beád þám martyrum

    if they were treated as the martyrs were,

      Hml. Th. i. 212, 27.

  • Athéne budon gefeoht Alexandra, ac he hié sóna forslóg,

      Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 3.

  • Be þǽm þe nán óðrum dynt ne beóde

    ut non presumat quisquam alium cedere,

      R. Ben. 8, 26.

  • Ǽnig man óðrum ne beóde bútan riht; þæt is, þæt gehwá óðrum beóde þæt hé wille, þæt man him beóde,

      Wlfst. 29, 4-6: 112, 5: 179, 28.

  • Gif hwá ǽnigum preóste ǽnig wóh beóde. Ll. Th. ii. 290, 2. ꝥ hé bude

    ut (virgini spurca ludibria) inrogaret,

      An. Ox. 4319.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “beódan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/39953.

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