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prýte

  • noun [ feminine ]
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prýte, an; f.
Pride, haughtiness
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  • Of ýdelum gylpe biþ ácenned prýte,

      Homl. Th. ii. 220, 32.
  • Prýte heáge út áwyr[p]þ

    elatio excelsos deiect,

      Scint. 46.
  • Gelíce ðám dwæsan ðe for heora prýtan léwe (sáre, MS. C.), (

    on account of the infirmity of pride in them

    ) nellaþ beorgan,
      Wulfst. 165, 9.
  • Se ðe for his prýdan Gode nele hýran ... hé sceal misfaran,

      178, 19.
  • Sume men for heora prýtan forhogiaþ ðæt hí hýran godcundan ealdran,

      L. Eth. vii. 21 ; Th. i. 332. 33.
Etymology
[Þat ece fer þe ham ȝearcod was for hare prede, O. E. Homl. i. 221, 1. Laym. prude, prute : R. Glouc. prute : Ayenb. prede : Icel. prýði ; f. an ornament; also pride, pomp, bravery.]
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v.  prýde.
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