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lyre

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
lyre, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§239; §386; §562;
Loss, damage, destruction, detriment
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  • Lyre

    jactura,

    • Wrt. Voc. 74, 51
      • .

  • Hýnþ vel lyre vel hearm

    dispendium vel damnum vel detrimentum,

    • 47, 29
      • .

  • Hire lima lyre

    [of a person paralysed],
    • Homl. Th. ii. 546, 31.

  • 'Ic wille ofgán æt ðé his blód' ðæt is his lyre

    'I will require at thy hands his blood,' that is, his destruction,

    • i. 6, 27
      • .

  • Lífes lyre

    death,

    • Exon. 44 b
      • ;
    • Th. 151, 26
      • ;
    • Gú. 801
      • .

  • Ne se enga deáþ, ne lífes lyre,

    • 56 b
      • ;
    • Th. 201, 8
      • ;
    • Ph. 53
      • .

  • Ne biþ ðǽr wædl ne lyre ne deáþes gryre,

    • Dóm. L. 16, 265
      • :
    • Wulfst. 139, 32
      • .

  • Hé macode heora líf tó lyre

    he destroyed them,

    • 106, 6
      • .

  • Hwílum forlidenesse ic þolie mid lyre ealra þinga mínra

    aliquando naufragium patior, cum jactura omnium rerum mearum,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 27,1
      • .

  • On lyre

    in perditione,

    • Ps. Lamb. 87, 12
      • .

  • Lyre

    jacturam, damnum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 480, 43
      • .

  • Ná beóþ ða eádige ðe for hýnþum oððe lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ,

    • Homl. Th. i. 550, 28
      • .
Derived forms
feorh-, land-, líf-lyre
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and see lor.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lyre.” 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/21968.

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