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DARU

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
DARU, daro, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§366;
Hurt, harm, damage; damnum, noxa
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  • Hwelc is máre daru

    what is a greater hurt?

    • Bt. 29,
      • 2;
    • Fox 106,
      • 14.

  • Gemétte he his earm and his hand swá hále and swá gesúnde swá him nǽfre bryce ne daro gedón wǽre

    he found his arm and his hand so hale and so sound, as if breach or hurt had never been done to them,

    • Bd. 3,
      • 2;
    • S. 525,
      • 17.

  • Him to dare

    to his harm,

    • Exon. 42 b
      • ;
    • Th. 144,
      • 2;
    • Gú. 672
      • .

  • Ne astrece ðú ðíne hand búfon ðam cilde, ne him náne ðare ne gedó

    stretch thou not thine hand over thy son, nor do him any harm,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 60,
      • 35.

  • Búton ǽlcere dare

    without any hurt,

    i.
    • 102,
      • 8.

  • Ðæt mód mid þwyrlícum geþohtum hogaþ óðrum dara

    the mind will meditate harm to others with perverse thoughts,

    i.
    • 412,
      • 28.
Etymology
[
Kil. dere, deyre nocumentum:
O. H. Ger. tara, f.
]
Linked entries
v.  dæru daro dere.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DARU.” 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/7424.

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