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strengu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
strengu, (o); indecl.: streng, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§382; §383; §563;
Strength.
referring to living beings,
strength, power, vigour, fortitude
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  • Ðæs líchoman fæger and his strengo mæg bión áfyrred mid þreora daga fefre, Bt. 32, 2 ; Fox 116, 31 note. Dryhten strengo

    (fortitudo)

    folces his,
      Ps. Surt. 27, 8.

  • Tor strengu,

      60, 4.

  • Ða medomnesse ðære strengio (-eo, Cott. MSS. )

    dignitatem fortitudinis,

      Past. 14, 5 ; Swt. 85, 23.

  • Ðære gástlícan strenge hyht,

      Blickl. Homl. 135, 27, 34.

  • Of ælre strengu (-o,

      Lind.), Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 33.

  • Strengo bistolen, mægene binumen,

      Exon. Th. 410, 8; Rä. 28, 13.
  • Strengo getrúwode ánes mannes. Beo. Th. 5074 ; B. 2540.

  • Strenge,

      3071; B. 1533.

  • Full strenge

    plenus fortitudine,

      Rtl. 43, 34.

  • Mid míne ágne mægene and strengo (-eo,

      Cott. MSS.), Past. 4; Swt. 39, 18: Cd. Th. 98, 19; Gen. 1632.

  • Strengeo,

      150, 21; Gen. 2495.

  • Hé gemunde mægenes strenge,

      Beo. Th. 2545; B. 1270.

  • Strengum

    vigorously,

      Cd. Th. 101, 2; Gen. 1676.
of things,
strength, power
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  • Mec wolcna strengu byreþ. Exon. Th. 390,

      4; Rä. 8, 5.
vigour, firmness
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  • On strengo þeódscipes wlæc

    in disciplinae vigore tepidus,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 18.

  • On færhæfdnesse strenge (strengeo, Cott. MSS.) strange

    abstinentiae robore validi,

      Past. 5, l; Swt. 41, 14.
virtue
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  • Sint tó manianne ða mettruman tó ðsem ðæt hié gehealden ða strenge ðære geðylde

    admonendi sunt aegri, quatenus patientiae virtutem servent,

      36, 9; Swt. 261, 2.
Etymology
[The word occurs often in a later MS. , where strengð(u) is found in the earlier in the passages given under that word from Lchdm. i. Deades strenge warp him dun, Gen. and Ex. 714. Edmond uor ys strenge was ycluped Yrensyde, R. Glouc. 302, 7. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. strengí robur, fortitudo.]
Similar entries
v. hilde-, mægen-, mere-, woruld-strengu(o).
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v.  streng.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “strengu.” 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/29158.

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