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þearl

  • adjective
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þearl, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§426;
of persons,
severe, strict
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  • Se ðearla and se ryhtwísa Déma

    districtus judex,

      Past. 21; Swt. 167, 22.
of things,
pain, punishment, effort, and the like,
severe
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  • Hé ðý wyrs meahte þolian ða þráge, ðá hió swá þearl becom,

      Met. 1, 77.
  • Þreánýd þearl,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1404; El. 704.
  • Wæs seó ádl þearl,

      Exon. Th. 160, 30; Gú. 951.
  • And suá ðý ðearlan dóme hé forleás his mennisce

    ut districto justoque judicio homo esse perderet,

      Past. 4; Swt. 39, 23.
  • Heó þrowedon þearl æfterleán,

      Cd. Th. 5, 24; Gen. 76.
  • Þreá wǽron þearfe,

      Exon. Th. 135, 4; Gú. 519: Ps. Th. 104, 12: 149, 7.
  • Wéndon hié wera cwealmes, þearlra geþinga,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3194; An. 1600.
  • Ðirst and hungor and ðearle gewin,

      Salm. Kmbl. 946; Sal. 472.
utter, excessive
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  • þýstru ðú gesettest on þearle niht

    (night utterly dark) posuisti tenebras, et facta est nox,

      Ps. Th. 103, 19.
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  • þearl, adj.