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þurh-drífan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to drive through, pierce, transfix
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  • Him man ǽgðer þurhdráf mid ísenum næglum ge fét ge handa,

    • Wulfst. 22, 21.

  • Þurhdrifon hí mé mid næglum,

    • Rood Kmbl. 91
      • ;
    • Kr. 46.

  • Hé lét hine sylfne bindan and him ǽgðer þurhdrífan mid næglum ge fét ge handa,

    • Wulfst. 110, 15: Exon. Th. 68, 27
      • ;
    • Cri. 1110.

  • Dolgbennum þurh-drifen,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2793
      • ;
    • An. 1399.

  • Míne handa mid næglum þurhdrifene,

    • Homl. Th. i. 220, 17.

  • Þurhdryfene,

    • L. E. I. 21
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 416, 30.
fig. to penetrate, permeate, imbue :
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  • -- Ðeáh ic ǽr mid dysige þurhdrifen wǽre,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1410
      • ;
    • El. 707.
to drive violently; perpellere
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  • Word spearcum fleáh, ðonne hé út þurhdráf

    ( when he sent out his words vehemently, exclaimed vehemently ),

    • Cd. Th. 274, 33
      • ;
    • Sat. 163.
[He let þurhdriuen þe spaken mid gadien, Kath. 1920. Wes mon þurhdriuen upon þe rode homo cruci affixsus est, 1198.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þurh-drífan.” 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/32267.

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