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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
      • .
Similar entries
v. þeówan, IV.
Linked entries
v.  þeów-racian.
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Citation

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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