FYRHTO
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
Fear, FRIGHT, dread, terror, trembling; tĭmor, păvor, formīdo, terror, trĕmor
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Us fyrhto gegráp
fear seized us,
- Nicod. 21 ;
- Thw. 10, 32: Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 19 ;
- Thw. 30, 19.
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Fyrhto oððe bifung
trĕmor,
- Ps. Lamb. 47, 7.
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Ðeós firhtu [fyrhtu, MS. D.]
hæc formīdo,
- Ælfc. Gr. 36 ;
- Som. 38, 50: Ps. Th. 54, 4.
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Egsa me and fyrhtu forcwómon
tĭmor et trĕmor vēnērunt sŭper me,
- Ps. Th. 54, 5.
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On mínre fyrhto
in păvōre meo,
- 30, 25.
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Geblissiaþ him on fyrhto [fyrhtu, Lamb.]
exultāte ei in trĕmōre,
- Ps. Spl. 2, 11.
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Hí mycle fyrhto onstyredon ðám monnum ðe hí sceáwodon and gesáwon
they stirred up much fear in the men who beheld and saw them,
- Bd. 5, 23 ;
- S. 645, 23: Exon. 119 a ;
- Th. 457, 21 ;
- Hy. 4, 87.
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Ne him Godes fyrhtu georne ondrǽdaþ
non tĭmuērunt Deum,
- Ps. Th. 54, 20: 77, 53.
Etymology
O. Sax. forhta, f
: O. Frs. fruchta
: Dut. Kil. vrucht, vurcht
: Ger. furcht, f
: M. H. Ger. vorhte, f
: O. H. Ger. forhta, f
: Goth. faurhtei, f
: Dan. frygt, m. f
: Swed. fruktan. f.
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Linked entries
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Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “FYRHTO.” 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/12972.
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