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bróh-þreá

  • noun [ masculine ]
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bróh-þreá, m. f. n. indecl. but in dat. and inst. pl. [bróh = bróg terror, þreá calamitas]
Terrific calamity; calamitas terroris plena
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  • Ðæt bróhþreá Cananéa wearþ cynne getenge

    the terrific calamity was grievous to the Canaanites' race,

      Cd. 86; Th. 108, 29; Gen. 1813.
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v. þreá.
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  • bróh-þreá, n.