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þræft

  • noun [ neuter ]
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a quarrel, dispute, contention, chiding
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  • Siteþ symbelwlonc searwum lǽteþ wíne gewǽged word út faran þræfte þringan þrymme gebyrmed æfæstum onǽled oferhygda ful

    flushed with the feast he sits, affected with wine, words he guilefully lets fare forth, crowd out with quarrel in their train, leavened as he is with pride, inflamed with ill-will, full of overweening,

      Exon. Th. 316, 1; Mód. 42.
Etymology
[Icel. þrapt quarrel; þrefa to wrangle. Jamieson gives thrafily in a chiding or surly manner.]
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v. (?) þrafian.
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