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tó-hreósan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-hreósan, p. -hreás; pl. -hruron ; pp. -hroren
To fall to pieces.
of buildings,
to go to ruin
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  • Monige óþre ceastre tóhrorene wǽron

    multis eivitatibus conlapsis,

      Bd. 1, 13; S. 482, 8.
  • Mynstru tórorene

    coenobia dirula,

    Anglia xiii.
      366, 12.
of flesh,
to decay, rot away
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  • Beóþ ða líchaman tohrorene (cf. gebrosnode,

      148, 24)
    and tó duste gewordene, Wulfst. 263, 9.
  • Beóþ fingras tóhrorene, Soul Kmb'. 219 ; Seel. 112.
Etymology
[Portchestre, al heo gunnen toreosen (todrese, 2nd MS.), mid fure and mid fehte foruaren. Laym. 9245. pus Portchestre toræs (toreos, 2nd MS.), & nauere seodden heo ne aras, 9426.]
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