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torhte

  • adverb
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torhte, adv.
clearly
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  • Frætwe míne (

    the swan's feathers

    ) swógaþ hlúde, torhte singaþ,
      Exon. Th. 390, 9; Rä. 8, 8.
  • Him torhte in gemynd his Dryhtnes naman dumba brohte,

      440, 24; Rä. 60, 7.
beautifully, splendidly
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  • Hé anlícnesse geseh torhte gefrætwed, wlitige geworhte,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1430; An. 715.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. zorahto evidenter.]
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