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morþor

  • noun [ neuter ]
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morþor, es; n. m.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §302;
murder
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  • Manige men wénaþ ðæt morþor sý seó mǽste synne; ac ús is tó witenne ðæt þreora cynna syndon morþras. Ðæt is ðonne ðæt ǽreste, ðæt man tó óðrum lǽþþe hæbbe, and hine hatige . . . Ða æfstigan men, ðéh hí sýn ðæs morþres scyldige, hí hit him tó nánre synne ne gelýfaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 63, 34-65, 11.

  • Ðara banena byre morþres gylpeþ,

    • Beo. Th. 4116
      • ;
    • B. 2055.

  • Ðeáh hié (cannibals) morþres feala gefremed habben,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1950
      • ;
    • An. 977.

  • Morþres on luste,

    • 2282
      • ;
    • An. 1142.

  • Draca morþre swealt

    the dragon perished by the sword,

    • Beo. Th. 1789
      • ;
    • B. 892.

  • Ic on morþor ofslóh minra sumne hyldemága,

    • Cd. 52
      • ;
    • Th. 66, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 1093.

  • Morþor sceal mon under eorþan befeolan, ðe hit forhelan þenceþ,

    • Exon. 90 b
      • ;
    • Th. 340, 23
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 115.

  • Morþer

    homicidium

    . . . fore morþre

    propter homicidium,

    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 23, 19, 25.

  • Ne ðú morþur ne fremme

    non homicidium facies,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 18: Lind. 27, 16.

  • Morþur

    homicidia,

    • 15, 19.
mortal sin, great wickedness
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  • Wælhreówes árleásta fela, mán and morþor, misdǽda worn (cf. hwilc mán and hwilce ǽrleásnesse Neron weorhte, Fox 58, 2),

    • Bt. Met. Fox 9, 13
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 7.

  • Morþres brytta (Holofernes),

    • Judth. 10
      • ;
    • Thw. 22, 33
      • ;
    • Jud. 90: (the devil), Andr. Kmbl. 2342
      • ;
    • An. 1142.

  • Ðæt wé ðæs morþres meldan ne weorþen, hwǽr ðæt hálige treó beheled wurde,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 855
      • ;
    • El. 428: 1248
      • ;
    • El. 626.

  • Ðære synwræce sceoldon, morþres ongyldan,

    • Exon. 45a
      • ;
    • Th. 153, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 833.

  • Hú lange mánwyrhtan morþre gylpaþ

    usque quo peccatores gloriabuntur,

    • Ps. Th. 93, 3.

  • Seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoþ habban in morþre and on máne,

    • Wulfst. 187, 18.

  • Morþor

    (adultery),

    • Exon. 10b
      • ;
    • Th. 12, 29
      • ;
    • Cri. 193.

  • Ic andette mínes módes morþor,

    • L. de Cf. 8
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 262, 31: Salm. Kmbl. 82
      • ;
    • Sal. 41.
torment, deadly injury, great misery
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  • Swá hwæt swá wit morþres þoliaþ, hit is Adame forgolden,

    • Cd. 35
      • ;
    • Th. 47, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 755.

  • Se hié of ðam morþre álýsde

    (from the fiery furnace),

    • 196
      • ;
    • Th. 244, 23
      • ;
    • Dan. 452.

  • God wearp hine on ðæt morþer innan (

    into hell

    ),
    • 18
      • ;
    • Th. 22, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 342.

  • Heó his mǽg*-*winum morþor fremedon

    (greatly afflicted),

    • 149
      • ;
    • Th. 187, 5
      • ;
    • Exod. 146.

  • Sceolde his wíte habban, ealra morþra mǽst,

    • 16
      • ;
    • Th. 19, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 297.

  • Ðe ús monna mǽst morþra gefremede, sárra sorga,

    • Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 24, 10
      • ;
    • Jud. 181.
[
Goth. maurþr φόνος.
]
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v. morþ.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “morþor.” 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/23165.

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