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tó-drífan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-drífan, p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen
To drive in different directions, drive away. I. to drive asunder, separate
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  • Wit ætsomne on sǽ wǽron fíf nibta fyrst, óþþæt unc flód tódráf. Beo. Th. 1095; B. 545. II. to scatter, disperse :-- Se wulf tódrífþ (tódrífeð. Lind. Rush.) ða sceáp

    lupus dispergit oves, Jn. Skt.

      10, 12.

  • Wulfas tódrífaþ dine heorde,

      Blickl. Homl. 225, 18.

  • Ðú hí wíde tódríf disperge illos, Ps. Th. 58, II. Hé híi wolde on ðam wéstenne wíde tódrífan

    ut prosterneret eos in deserlo,

      105, 21.

  • Wurde seó eorbe tódrifen mid ðam winde swá swá dust,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 8: Met. 20, 104.

  • Licgaþ æfter lande loccas tódrifene,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2852 ; An. 1428.

  • III. to scatter, destroy :-- Hé hí on heora fácne fæste tódrífeþ

    in malitiis eorum disperdet illos Dominus,

      Ps. Th. 93, 22.

  • Do míne feóndas tódrífe

    disperdes inimicos meos,

      142, 12.

  • IV. to drive away, send elsewhere :-- Ðú ús tódrife repulisli nos. Ps. Th. 59, l. Fram áswengde vel tódráf

    excussit, i. dejecit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 18.
  • Dryhten áwearp hine ðá of ðam wuldre and wíde tódráf. Salm. Kmbl. 928; Sal. 463.

  • Se ðe æfter rihte wille æfter spyrian swá deóplíce, ðæt hit tódrífan ne mæg monna æenig ne ámerran ǽénig eorðlíc þincg

    quisquis vestigat verum, cupitque nullis ille deviisfalli,

      Met. 22, 3.

  • Ða tódrifenan

    actos.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 58.

  • V.

    to drive away, dispel, put an end to

    :-- Gáte tord ða swylas tódrífþ,
      Lchdm. i. 356, l. Ða springas hyt tódrífeþ, 7.

  • Se hálga deófulgild tódráf and gedwolan fylde,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3372; An. 1690.

  • Tódríf ðone mist ðe nú hangaþ beforan úres módes eágum

    disjice nebulas,

      Bt. 33, 4 ; Fox 132, 32 : Met. 20, 264.

  • Wearð se háta líg tódrifen and tódwæsced,

      Cd. Th. 238, II; Dan. 353.
Etymology
[Al he todrof þes kinges here, Laym. 549. Hiss stren all shollde ben todrifenn and toskeȝȝredd, Orm. 16397. O. Frs. tó-dríva: O. H. Ger. ze-tríban dispellere, dispergere, diverberare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-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/30653.

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