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þeów-racu

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Grammar
þeów-racu, þíw-, þýw- [w]racu, e, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§265; §359; §360; §437;
A threat, threatening
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  • Martianus hét hí gebúgan tó his deófolgyldum, ðe læs ðe hí fordémede wurdon; ac Iulianus ne róhte ðæs réðan þýwrace (

    cared not for the cruel one's threat

    ),
      Homl. Skt. i. 4, 114.

  • Þreále oððe þeówraca[n?]

    invectionis, inlationis,

      Hpt. Gl. 448, 52.

  • Heó næs áfyrht for his þeówracan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 87.

  • For ðeówracan sweartra deófla,

      Homl. Th. ii. 142, 32.

  • Hé ondrǽde ða þeówwrace ðe Drihten þurh his wítigan ðýwþ

    metuat prophets comminationem,

      R. Ben. 51, 13.

  • Basilius cýdde ðæs réðan cáseres ðeówrace, Homl. Th. i. 450, 17.

    Uae

    getácnaþ hwílon wánunge, hwílon ðeówracan (þeówrace,
      MS. D.: þ-iwrace, MS. C.: ðíwwrace, MS. U.), hwílon wyrigunge, Ælfc, Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 17.

  • Ðíne ðeówracan synd hwílwendlíce,

      Homl. Skt. i. 14, 100.

  • Mid menigfealdum ðeówracena teartnyssum gebrégede,

      Homl. Th. i. 578, 27.

  • Hé ne mihte mid nánum þeówracan ða cristenan geegsian,

      564, 2.

  • Mid þíwracum

    minis,

      Scint. 63, 8.

  • Þeówwracan

    minas,

      Wülck. Gl. 252, 19.

  • Hí him ne ondrédon hǽðenra cyninga þeówracan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 44, 12.

  • Ic forseó ðíne þeówracan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 524.

  • Ic gehýre hyra egeslícan þíwracan,

      3, 432.
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v. þeówan, IV.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þeów-racu.” 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/31807.

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