Obs. [repr. OE. *ǽþan, f. áþ OATH. Cf. MHG. eiden.] trans. To ask with an oath; to adjure.

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c. 1340.  Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 379. Fyrst I eþe þe, haþel, how þat þou hattes, þat þou me telle truly. Ibid., 2467. Þerfore I eþe þe, haþel, to com to þy naunt.

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a. 1400–50.  Alexander, 340. Þe ious out he wrengis, Erne till exorzise & ethis euer elike, Þat it suld worthe as he wald.

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