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med-trum

  • adjective
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med-trum, <b>, met-trum;</b> adj.
not strong in health, infirm, weak, ill
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  • Hwá biþ medtrum ðæt ic ne síe for his þingum seóc

    quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor?

    • Past. 21, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 165, 4.

  • Se mettruma líchoma

    debile corpus,

    • 61, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 455, 27.

  • Sint tó manianne ða mettruman (

    ægri

    ),
    • 36, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 251, 20.

  • Manega wurdon mettrume gehǽlede,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 512, 7.

  • Mettrumra

    ægrotorum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 415, 20.
of inferior position(?)
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  • Nalæs ðæt án ðætte ða metruman (MSS. O. T. mǽttran: MS. B. mǽteran) men ymb heora nédþearfnesse wǽron ac eác cyningas and ealdormen from hire geþeaht sóhton

    non solum mediocres in necessitatibus suis, sed etiam reges ac principes ab ea quærerent consilium,

    • Bd. 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 593, 43.
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Cf. med-strang.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “med-trum.” 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/22555.

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