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þrǽd

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þrǽd, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
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  • Ðréd

    filum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 59: i. 66, 28.
  • Þrǽd, ii. 35, 44: i. 81, 65:

    fila,

      282, 11.
  • Se gyldna ðrǽd

    bratea fila,

    ii.
      89, 37: 12, 3.
  • Þrǽd mé (

    a coat of mail

    ) ne hlimmeþ, ne æt mé hrisil scríþeþ,
      Exou. Th. 417, 18; Rá. 36, 6.
  • Cnyte mid ánum ðrǽde,

      Lchdm. i. 218, 20.
  • Mid ánum reádum þrǽde,

      100, 19.
  • Mid wyllenan þrǽde, ii. 310, 22.
  • Him ne hangaþ nacod sweord ofer ðam heáfde be smalan þrǽde,

      Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 28.
  • Þrǽda

    filorum,

      Hpt. Gl. 494, 18.
  • Ápráwenum ðrǽdum

    contortis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 18.
  • Webb byþ gefylled mid þrǽdum

    tela consummatur filis,

      Scint. 216, 2.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. thrád filum: O. Frs. thréd: Du. draad: O. H. Ger. drát: Ger. draht Icel. þráðr: Dan. traad.]
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v. col-, gold-, hefeld-, rihtung-, weall-þrǽd þráwan.
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