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þroht-heard

  • adjective
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þroht-heard, adj.
strong under afflictions, having fortitude or endurance in trouble
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  • Ne geald hé (Stephen) yfel yfele, ac his ealdfeóndum þingode þrohtheard

    he requited not evil with evil, but strong to bear his sufferings he interceded for his foes,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 985
      • ;
    • El. 494.

  • Blíðheort wunode eorl unforcúð elnes gemyndig, þríst and þrohtheard in þreánédum,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2529
      • ;
    • An. 1266.

  • Héton lǽdan út þrohtheardne þegn, woldon ellenrófes mód gemiltan; hit ne mihte swá,

    • 2781
      • ;
    • An. 1393.

  • Þegnas þrohthearde þafigan ne woldon, ðæt hié forléton leófne láreów,

    • 803
      • ;
    • An. 402.
grievously hard
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  • Wæs se leódhete þrohtheard,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2279
      • ;
    • An. 1141.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þroht-heard.” 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/32132.

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