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þreá-níd

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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þreá-níd, es; n.: e; f.
Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery, affliction that comes from punishment
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  • Ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre; is ðes hæft tó ðan strang, þreánýd ðæs þearl

    this imprisonment is so hard, so severe the pain of my punishment,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1404
      • ;
    • El. 704.

  • Þrowigean þreániéd micel fýres wylm

    to suffer much torturing violence, the fervor of fire,

    • Cd. Th. 229, 7
      • ;
    • Dan. 213.

  • Þreánýd þolian,

    • Beo. Th. 573
      • ;
    • B. 284: Exon. Th. 187, 1
      • ;
    • Az. 28.

  • Þreánéd,

    • 270, 12
      • ;
    • Jul. 464.

  • Blíðheort wunode eorl in þreánédum

    cheerful the man remained in his misery,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2530
      • ;
    • An. 1266.

  • Wé ðec for þearfum and for þreánýdum árena biddaþ

    we pray thee for mercy on account of our needs and afflictions,

    • 186, 4
      • ;
    • Az. 14: Beo. Th. 1668
      • ;
    • B. 832.

  • Ðone feónd hé gefetrode fýrnum teágum, biþeahte þreánýdum

    ( with penal restraints ),

    • 359, 11
      • ;
    • Pa. 61.

  • Þreánédum beþeaht,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1764
      • ;
    • El. 884.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þreá-níd.” 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/32008.

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