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drohtaþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
drohtaþ, drohtoþ,es ; m. [dreógan to do, suffer, pass life, live]
Wright's OE grammar
§595;
Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society; condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio
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  • Is se drohtaþ strang ðam ðe lagoláde cunnaþ

    severe is the way of life for him who trieth a sea-journey,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 626
      • ;
    • An. 313: 2770
      • ;
    • An. 1387: Exon. 20 a
      • ;
    • Th. 53,
      • 28;
    • Cri. 857
      • .

  • Duguþ and drohtaþ

    virtue and converse,

    • Exon. 42 b
      • ;
    • Th. 143,
      • 4;
    • Gú. 656
      • .

  • Ne wæs his drohtoþ swylce he on ealderdagum ǽr gemétte

    his condition was not such as he had before found in his life-days,

    • Beo. Th. 1517
      • ;
    • B. 756
      • .

  • Ðæt hie ðe eáþ mihton ofer ýða geþring drohtaþ adreógan

    that they might the easier endure their way of life over the clash of waves,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 737
      • ;
    • An. 369: 2564
      • ;
    • An. 1283: Exon. 103 a
      • ;
    • Th. 389,
      • 20;
    • Rä. 7,
      • 10.

  • Hí má lufedon dióra drohtaþ

    they loved more the society of beasts,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26,
      • 183;
    • Met. 26,
      • 92.

  • Drohtaþ sécan

    to seek a sojourn,

    • Cd. 86
      • ;
    • Th. 109,
      • 6;
    • Gen. 1818: Exon. 61 b
      • ;
    • Th. 227,
      • 1;
    • Ph. 416
      • .
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v.  droht.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “drohtaþ.” 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/7986.

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