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hreðer

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hreðer, hræðer, hraðer, es; m. [?]
Breast, bosom
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  • Hreðor innan wæs wynnum áwelled

    the breast within was joyously agitated,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2036
      • ;
    • An. 1020.

  • Hreðer [hreder, MS.] innan weóll beorn breóstsefa,

    • Exon. 15 b
      • ;
    • Th. 34, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 539: 46 b
      • ;
    • Th. 158, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 910
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 4233
      • ;
    • B. 2113.

  • Hreðer innan swearc hyge hreówcearig

    dark within grew his breast, troubled with care his mind,

    • Exon. 48 a
      • ;
    • Th. 165, 8
      • ;
    • Gú. 1025.

  • Hreðer æðme weóll

    his breast heaved with breathing,

    • Beo. Th. 5780
      • ;
    • B. 2593.

  • Is mé ænige gást innan hreðres

    anxiatus est in me spiritus meus,

    • Ps. Th. 142, 4.

  • On breóston inne on hraðre,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 25, 91
      • ;
    • Met. 25, 46.

  • Him of hræðre [hwæðre, MS.] gewát sáwol

    from his bosom departed the soul,

    • Beo. Th. 5631
      • ;
    • B. 2819.

  • Him on hreðre heáfodswíma heortan clypte

    in his bosom stupor clasped his heart,

    • Cd. 76
      • ;
    • Th. 94, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 1568.

  • Ðe dryhtnes bebod heóldon on hreðre

    who kept the lord's command in their breast,

    • Exon. 24 b
      • ;
    • Th. 71, 23
      • ;
    • Cri. 1160.

  • Him wæs hreów on hreðre hygesorga mǽst,

    • Beo. Th. 4645
      • ;
    • B. 2328.

  • Hé mé in hreðre bileác wísdómes giefe,

    • Exon. 51 a
      • ;
    • Th. 176, 33
      • ;
    • Gú. 1219
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 138
      • ;
    • An. 69
      • :
    • Cd. 161
      • ;
    • Th. 201, 2
      • ;
    • Exod. 366
      • ;
    • Beo. Th. 2306
      • ;
    • B. 1151.

  • Ys mé on hreðre heorte gedréfed

    cor meum conturbatum est in me,

    • Ps. Th. 54, 4
      • ;
    • 70, 8.

  • Biþ on hreðre drepen biteran stræle

    is smitten in the breast with the bitter shaft,

    • Beo. Th. 3494
      • ;
    • B. 1745.

  • Æt helle duru dracan eardigaþ háte on hreðre

    at hell's door dwell dragons that send fire from within [firedrakes ],

    • Cd. 215
      • ;
    • Th. 271, 1
      • ;
    • Sat. 99.

  • Baðu hát on hreðre

    hot baths,

    • Exon. 124 b
      • ;
    • Th. 478, 16
      • ;
    • Ruin. 42
      • ;
    • Beo. Th. 6287
      • ;
    • B. 3148.

  • Blód út ne com of hreðre

    blood came not from my breast,

    • Exon. 130 a
      • ;
    • Th. 499, 9
      • ;
    • Rä. 88, 13.

  • Mé on hreðre heáfod sticade

    in her bosom she stuck my head,

    • 124 b;
      • ;
    • Th. 479, 9
      • ;
    • Rä. 62, 5.

  • Hálig heofonlíce gást hreðer weardode æðelne innoþ

    the holy heavenly spirit guarded her breast, her noble womb,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2288
      • ;
    • El. 1145
      • :
    • Exon. 49 a
      • ;
    • Th. 169, 20
      • ;
    • Gú. 1102.

  • Him hildegráp hreðre ne mihte aldre gesceððan

    the hostile grasp could not harm his breast, his life,

    • Beo. Th. 2897
      • ;
    • B. 1446.

  • Hreðra gehygd

    counsel,

    • 4096
      • ;
    • B. 2045
      • :
    • Exon. 77 b
      • ;
    • Th. 290, 28
      • ;
    • Wand. 72.
Similar entries
v. mid-hriðre.
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v.  hraðer hreðor.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hreðer.” 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/19747.

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