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þrág

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
þrág, þráh, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§367;
a time, season
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  • Ðonne seó þrág cymeþ wefen wyrdstafum,

    • Exon. Th. 183, 9
      • ;
    • Gú. 1324.

  • Wergendra tó lyt þrong ymbe þeóden, ðá hyne sió þrág becwom,

    • Beo. Th. 5759
      • ;
    • B. 2883.

  • Ǽr ðam seó þráh cyme, ðæt hé ðec áworpe of woruldríce,

    • Cd. Th. 252, 34
      • ;
    • Dan. 588.

  • Nis seó þráh micel, ðæt hí ðé swencan móton,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 214
      • ;
    • An. 107.

  • Ða æfterwritenan lǽcedómas ne sculon on áne þráge tó lange beón tó gedóne,

    • Lchdm. ii. 186, 12.

  • Nis ðæt eówer ðæt gé witan ða þráge and ða tíde

    non est vestrum nosse tempora vel momenta,

    • Blickl. Homl. 117, 24.
having reference to the condition of things at any time, time as in good, bad, hard, etc. times
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  • Hú seó þrág

    ( the happy time just described )

    gewát, swá heó nó wǽre,

    • Exon. Th. 292, 7
      • ;
    • Wand. 95.

  • Is ðeós þrág ful strong, ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian,

    • 270, 13
      • ;
    • Jul. 464.

  • Onwæcnap sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse and gedréfþ hiora mód

    libido versat avidis corda venenis,

    • Bt. 37, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 186, 18: Met. 25, 41.

  • Ic mé þyslícre ǽr þráge ne gewénde

    I did not expect such a time as I have had,

    • Exon. Th. 269, 21
      • ;
    • Jul. 453.

  • Wéndon hié þearlra geþinga, þráge hnágran,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3195
      • ;
    • An. 1600.

  • Óð ðæt rímgetæl réðre þráge daga forð gewát,

    • Cd. Th. 85, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 1420.

  • Hé ðý wyrs meahte þolian ða þráge, ðá hió swá þearl becom (cf. Ðá hit gelomp ðæt hé on swá micelre nearunesse becom,

    • Bt. 1
      • ;
    • Fox 2, 26
      • ),
    • Met. 1, 77.
Grammar
þrág, adverbial uses.
Similar entries
Cf. hwíl
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  • Þráge

    interim,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 76.

  • Hé þráge mid ús wunode

    he dwelt with us for a time,

    • Blickl. Homl. 131, 19: Exon. Th. 208, 24
      • ;
    • Ph. 160: Ps. Th. 81, 5: 111, 4: Met. 20, 134.

  • Tódríf ðone mist ðe þráge nú hangode hwýle,

    • 20, 264.

  • Hé þráge siððan wícum wunode,

    • Cd. Th. 108, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 1811: 74, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 1217.

  • Hit þráge sceal in sondhofe siþþan wunian,

    • Exon. Th. 173, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 1168.

  • Swelge hé ða ðráge ðe (

    while, as long as

    )

    hé mæge,

    • Lchdm. ii. 284, 14.

  • Geærndon hí sume ðráge

    they raced for some time,

    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 619, 9.

  • Ealle þráge

    all the time,

    • Ps. Th. 101, 25: Exon. Th. 324, 2
      • ;
    • Víd. 88: Judth. Thw. 25, 2
      • ;
    • Jud. 237: Apstls. Kmbl. 60
      • ;
    • Ap. 30.

  • Ðú sægdest ðæt ic sceolde lifigan lange ðráge,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 116.

  • Bád sunu Lameches sóðra geháta lange þráge,

    • Cd. Th. 86, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 1426: 153, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 2544: 252, 4
      • ;
    • Dan. 573: Beo. Th. 108
      • ;
    • B. 54: Andr. Kmbl. 1580
      • ;
    • An. 791.

  • Wǽran hí ǽr on hǽþenra hæfteclommum lange þrága,

    • Chr. 942
      • ;
    • Erl. 116, 17,

  • Þéh mín líchama lytle ðráge on niðerdǽlum eorðan wunige,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 13.

  • Swá is þrágum

    ( at times, sometimes )

    winne, hwílum..., hwílum,

    • Exon. Th. 386, 26
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 67: 381, 1
      • ;
    • Rä. 2, 4: 494, 6
      • ;
    • Rä. 82, 4: Cd. Th. 271, 29
      • ;
    • Sat. 112: Elen. Kmb1. 2475
      • ;
    • El. 1239.

  • Wæter wynsumu mónþa gehwam bearo geondfaraþ þrágum

    ( at appointed times ),

    is ðæt þeódnes gebod, ðætte twelf síþum ðæt tírfæste lond geondláce lagufloda wynn,

    • Exon. Th. 202, 11
      • ;
    • Ph. 68: Ps. Th. 138, 11.
Etymology
[Habben an alpi þraȝe summe lisse,
  • O. E. Homl. i. 35, 10.
He tah hine aȝein ane þrowe,
  • Laym. 640.
God þraȝhe a good while,
  • Orm. 3475.
Lat me nu habbe mine þroȝe (rimes with oȝe),
  • O. and N. 260.
Sume þroȝe for a while,
  • 478
    • .
Or he reste hym ony thrawe,
  • Rich. 5062.
Liþe me a litel þroȝe,
  • Horn. 336.
Þrawe,
  • Havel. 276:
  • R. Brun. 180, 11: Alis. 3836.
Thi pynes lastes bot a thrawe,
  • Met. Homl. 142, 2.
    • Throwe,
  • Ch. M. of L. T. 953.
Many a throwe,
  • Ch. Yem. T. 941.
Any throwe,
  • Monk's T. 3326.
Throwe, a lytyl wyle momentum,
  • Prompt. Parv. 493.
]
Similar entries
v. earfoþ-, ryne-, treów-þrág.
Linked entries
v.  wód-þrág.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þrág.” 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/31994.

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