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fadian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Fadode

    digessit,

    • An. Ox. 56, 326
    • .
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  • Seofon þing gedafenað rihtwísum cyninge . . . seofoðe, ꝥ hé be freóndan and be fremdan fadige gelíce on rihtlican dóme

    (that in the matter of just judgement his ordering be the same for friends and for strangers),

    • Ll. Th. ii. 306, 29
    • .
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  • Se práfast þæt fadaþ and gegearewaþ

    praepositus omnia disponens,

    • R. Ben. 137, 22
    • .
  • Hé wíslíce his líf ne fadað

    he orders not his life wisely,

    • Wlfst. 52, 28
    • .
  • Fadode,

    • 159, 18
    • .
  • Gesette man þæne þe Godes hús wel fadige

    domui Dei dignum constituant dispensatorem,

    • R. Ben. 119, 12
    • .
  • Gif hé his líf rihtlice fadige,

    • Ll. Th. i. 346, 18.
  • Heora ágene wísan rihtlíce fadian

    to order their conversation aright,

    • ii. 318, 13
    • :
    • Wlfst. 143, 22
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    • 144, 22
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[v.
N. E. D. fade.
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