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þearl-mód

  • adjective
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þearl-mód, adj.
Of severe mind,
in a bad sense,
stern, cruel
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  • Hæfde his ende gebidenne unswǽslícne, swylcne hé ǽr æfter worhte, þearlmód þeóden gumena (

    Holofernes

    ),
      Judth.Thw, 22, 18; Jud. 66.
in a good sense, severe in dealing with evil. v. þearl, I
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  • Þearlmód þeóden gumena (

    the Deity

    ),
      22, 34; Jud. 99.
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  • þearl-mód, adj.