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a-dreógan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-dreógan, -driógan; ic -dreóge, ðú -dreógest, -drýhst, he -dreógeþ, -drýhþ; p. -dreág, -dreáh, pl. -drugon; pp. -drogen.
to act, perform, practise; agere, perficere
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  • He adreág unrihte þing

    gessit iniqua,

    • Hymn. Bibl. Cott. Jul. A. 6
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  • Ðe his lufan adreógeþ

    who practises his love,

    • Exon. 33b; Th. 107, 24
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    • Gú. 63
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  • Líf adreógan

    agere vitam,

    • Hexam. 3; Norm. 4, 29
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to bear, suffer, endure; pati, sustinere
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  • adreógan mágan

    they may bear,

    • Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 27
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  • Ic ne mæg adreógan ðíne seófunga

    I cannot tolerate thy lamentations,

    • Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 20
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  • Ðæt hie ðe eáþ mihton drohtaþ adreógan

    that they might the easier endure their way of life,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 737
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    • An. 369
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  • Earfeðu ðe he adreág

    the pains that he endured,

    • Exon. 25b; Th. 74, 6
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    • Cri. 1202
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  • Earfeðo ðe he adreáh

    the pains that he endured,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2971
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    • An. 1488
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v. dreógan.
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v.  a-dreág a-driógan a-drogen.
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