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þeód-bealu

  • noun [ neuter ]
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þeód-bealu, wes; n.
Great ill, grievous ill
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  • Þeódbealu on þreó healfa (

    referring to three elements in the misery of the lost; cf. O. Sax. thiod-arbédi, applied to the expulsion from Eden ),

      Exon. Th. 78, 2; Cri. 1268.
  • Andrea þúhte þeódbealo þearlíc tó geþolianne, ðæt hé swá unscyldig ealdre sceolde linnan (cf.

    O. Sax. thiod-quálu, applied to the crucifixion, and to the agony in the garden ),

      Andr. Kmbl. 2273; An. 1138.
  • Cf. þeód-þreá.
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  • þeód-bealu, n.