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of-tredan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to tread down, trample upon, injure or destroy by treading:— -
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  • Ða ýða árison ac Drihten hí oftræd . . . Ðeáh ðe árleáse woruldmenn áríson ongeán ús swá ðeáh Crist oftret heora heáfod,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 388, 18-22
      • .

  • lii hit oftræd and hié tó loman gerénode

    duos et .l. calcatos inutiles fecit,

    • Nar. 15, 25
      • .

  • Ða hors hí (Jezabel) oftrǽdan huxlíce under fótum,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 18, 347
      • .

  • Oftredan ðæt gærs and ofsittan,

    • Homl. Th. i. 188, 25
      • .

  • Swá hwæt swá ðæs gódan sǽdes on swylcum wege befylþ, biþ mid yfelum geþohtum oftreden,

    • ii. 90, 19
      • .

  • Ðǽr wǽron xxx M of-slagen and æt ðæm geate oftreden

    triginta millia caede prostrata et compressione suffocata,

    • Ors. 6, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 260, 18
      • .
Etymology
[
Orm. off-tredenn (gluterr*-*nesse)
.]
Linked entries
v.  of-steppan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “of-tredan.” 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/24397.

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