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hréran

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hréran, p. de
To move, shake, stir
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  • Ic wudu hrére

    I move the wood,

    • Exon. 101 a
      • ;
    • Th. 381, 9
      • ;
    • Rä. 2, 8.

  • Hréra,

    • 101 b
      • ;
    • Th. 383, 9
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 8.

  • Forhwí dréfe gé eówru mód mid unrihte fióunge swá swá ýða for winde ða sǽ hréraþ

    quid tantos juvat excitare motus,

    • Bt. 39, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 210, 25
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 27, 5
      • ;
    • Met. 27, 3.

  • Hig wegdan hrérdan heora heáfod

    moverunt capita sua,

    • Ps. Th. 108, 25.

  • Hrér swíðe

    stir thoroughly,

    • L. M. 1, 38
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 94, 9, 21.

  • Hrér mid sticcan,

    • 3, 26
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 322, 28.

  • Hrére ðonne swíðe

    let it be thoroughly shaken,

    • 1, 36
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 88, 1: 38
      • ;
    • Lchdm. 92, 4
      • :
    • 94, 13.

  • Hé ne lǽtaþ míne fét láðe hréran

    non dedit commoveri pedes meos,

    • Ps. Th. 65, 8.

  • Hréran mid hondum hrímcalde sǽ

    to row on the ice-cold sea,

    • Exon. 76 b
      • ;
    • Th. 286, 21
      • ;
    • Wand. 4.

  • Sum mæg fromlíce ofer sealtne sǽ sundwudu drífan hréran holmþræce,

    • 17 b
      • ;
    • Th. 42, 25
      • ;
    • Cri. 678.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. hrórian
:
Icel. hræra to move, stir
:
O. H. Ger. hruorian movere, agitare, tangere
:
Ger. rühren.
]
Similar entries
v. on-hréran, hrór.
Linked entries
v.  for-hréred.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hréran.” 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/19732.

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