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torn

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
torn, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§335;
[The word with its derivatives is almost confined to poetry; see, however, torn-wyrdan.] Violent emotion of anger or grief (cf. teran, and Goth. ga-taura a rent; ga-tauman to be torn).
of anger,
where there is just cause, anger, indignation, wrath
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  • Gewát torne gebolgen dryhten Geáta

    (Beowulf when the dragon ravaged the country),

    • Beo. Th. 4794
    • ; B. 2401.

  • Ne móton wyt on wǽrlogum wrecan Godes torn,

    • Cd. Th. 152, 34; Gen. 2530
      • :
    • 4, 24; Gen. 58
      • :
    • 151, 13; Gen. 2508.

  • Mé ðæt cynn hafaþ sáre ábolgen; nú mé Sethes bearn torn níwiaþ,

    • 76, 16; Gen. 1258.

  • Lífes leóhtfruma leng ne wolde torn þrowigean

    would not restrain his wrath,

    • 146, 14; Gen. 2422.
unrighteous anger, rage
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  • Wǽron teónsmiðas (the evil spirits) tornes fulle, cwǽdon ðæt him Gúðlác earfeþa mǽst ána gefremede,

    • Exon. Th. 114, 22;
    • Gú. 176.

  • Beóþ ða gebolgne ... and heora torn wrecaþ

    will wreak their rage,

    • 119, 24; Gú. 259.

  • Synfull yrsaþ tóþum torn þolaþ teónum grimetaþ

    peccator irascetur, dentibus suis fremet,

    • Ps. Th. 111, 9.
of grief, grief, affliction, trouble, distress
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  • Cyning eallwihta Caines ne wolde tiber sceáwian; ðæt wæs torn were hefig æt heortan,

    • Cd. Th. 60, 10;
    • Gen. 979.

  • Hý twégen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan, ðenden him hyra torn tóglíde, forgietan ðara geócran gesceafte, habban him gomen on borde,

    • Exon. Th. 345, 3;
    • Gn. Ex. 182.

  • Ðǽr wæs wópes hring torne bitolden,

    • 34, 6; Cri. 538.

  • Ðá wæs wópes hring, hát heáfodwylm, ofer hleór goten; nalles for torne teáras feóllon,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2265;
    • El. 1134.

  • Hé lét, torn þoliende, teáras geótan,

    • Exon. Th. 165, 15;
    • Gú. 1029.

  • Inwidsorge ðe hié ǽr drugon and þolian scoldon, torn unlytel,

    • Beo. Th. 1670;
    • B. 833.

  • Torn geþolode wine Scyldinga, weána gehwylcne, sídra sorga,

    • 297; B. 147.

  • Torn dreógan,

    • Exon. Th. 131, 20;
    • Gú. 458.

  • Gristbitian mid tóðon torn þoligende

    gnashing their teeth in despair,

    • Judth. 25, 21;
    • Jud. 272.

  • Abraham bæd him fultumes ... cwæð ðæt him wǽre weorce on móde, sorga sárost ... Hié Abrahame treówa sealdon, ðæt hié his torn mid him gewrǽcon on wráðum,

    • Cd. Th. 122, 36;
    • Gen. 2037.

  • Ne sceal nǽfre his torn tó rycene beorn of his breóstum ácýþan, nemþe hé ǽr ða bóte cunne mid elne gefremman,

    • Exon. Th. 293, 7;
    • Wand. 112.

  • Torna gehwylces,

    • Beo. Th. 4385;
    • B. 2189.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. torn grief, affliction
:
Du. toorn anger
:
O. H. Ger. zorn commotio, zelus, fervor, ira, indignatio, dolor, molestia
:
Ger. zorn.
]
Similar entries
v. gár-, lyge-torn, and next word.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “torn.” 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/30802.

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