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be-rídan

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Substitute:
to surround, invest
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  • Hé hine þǽr berád,

    • Chr. 755
    • ;
    • P. 46, 29
    • .
  • Gif hé mægnes hæbbe, þæt hé his gefán beríde and inne besitte

    si vim habeat, ut hostem suum circumveniat et obsideat,

    • Ll. Th. i. 90, 4
    • .
  • [Bruttes þa burȝen gunnen biriden,

    • Laym. 10739.]
to seize, arrest
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  • þá berád mon þæt wíf

    the woman was arrested,

    • Chr. 901
    • ;
    • P. 92, 12
    • .
  • Ic beóde þat þú on mínre stede beríde þás lond þám hǽlge tó hande,

    • Cht. Th. 369, 21
    • .
  • Harold king lét berídan Sand*-*wíc of Xpes cyrcean him sylfan to handa and hæfde hit twelf mónað,

    • 338, 30
    • .
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