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þrafian

  • verb [ weak ]
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þrafian, p. ode.
to urge, press
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  • Ic ðrafige

    urgeo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3
      • ;
    • Zup. 155, 12.

  • Gif ic míne heorde tó swíðe þrafige on gancge and swence hig ealle hig sweltaþ ánes dæges

    si greges meos plus in ambulando fecero laborare, morientur cuncti una die,

    • R. Ben. 120, 20.

  • Mec mín freá þrafaþ on þýstrum, hætst on enge,

    • Exon. Th. 383, 1
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 4.

  • Se biscop sceal þrafian ða mæssepreóstas mid lufe ge mid láþe, ðæt hié healdan Godes ǽwe on riht,

    • Blickl. Homl. 45, 8.
to reprove, rebuke, correct.
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v. þrafung
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  • Se Hǽlend on manegum wísum ðrafode and áfandode his gingran, and geedlǽhte ðæt ðæt hé ǽr tǽhte tó fulre láre,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 296, 22.

  • Drihten, ne þreá ðú me ne ne þrafa on ðínum yrre

    Domine, ne in ira tua arguas me,

    • Ps. Th. 37, 1.

  • Hwílum líðelíce tó ðreátianne, hwílum suíðlíce and stræclíce tó ðrafianne

    aliquando leniter arguenda, aliquando vehementer increpanda,

    • Past. 21
      • ;
    • Swt. 151, 12.
Etymology
[Cf. (?)
Goth. þrafstjan to exhort, encourage, comfort.
]
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v. (?) þræft.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þrafian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31992.

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