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þrowian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To suffer
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  • Ic ðrowige

    patior,

        Ælfc. Gr. 29
      ;
        Zup. 286, 9.
to suffer as opposed to to act
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  • Verbum ys word ... getácniende oððe sum ðing tó dónne oððe sum ðing tó þrowigenne oððe náðor,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 19
      • ;
    • Zup. 119, 10.
to suffer what is painful.
Grammar
þrowian, with acc.
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  • Mid gewyrhtum is ðás þrowige,

    • Blickl. Homl. 89, 7.

  • Ðú ne þrowast nǽnige þrowunge,

    • 157, 14.

  • Wíf ácenþ bearn and þrowaþ micel earfoþu,

    • Bt. 31, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 112, 2.

  • Hungor hí þrowiaþ

    famem patientur,

    • Ps. Spl. 58, 7: Andr. Kmbl. 562
      • ;
    • An, 281: Exon. 98, 30
      • ;
    • Cri. 1615.

  • Hé ðæs gewinnes weorc þrowade,

    • Beo. Th. 3447
      • ;
    • B. 1721.

  • Hé drepe þrowade,

    • 3183
      • ;
    • B. 1589: Exon. Th. 256, 10
      • ;
    • Jul. 229.

  • Hé for ælda lufan fela þrowade,

    • 69, 10
      • ;
    • Cri. 1118: Blickl. Homl. 23, 35.

  • Hí ermða þrowodan,

    • 17, 17.

  • Ðrowedon,

    • Menol. Fox 244
      • ;
    • Men. 123.

  • Hí heora scylde wíte ðrowedon

    poenas sui reatus luerent,

    • Bd. 4, 26
      • ;
    • S 602, 14.

  • Swá oft swá wé óht uneáþes þrowian æt yfflum monnum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 33, 22.

  • Þǽh þe ealle ǽswice þrowige on þé ic nǽfræ þrowe

    si omnes scandalizati fuerint in te, ego numquam scandalizabor,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 33.

  • Híra untrymnesse hé sceal ðrowian on his heortan

    ex affectu cordis alienae infirmitati compalitur,

    • Past. 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 61, 16.

  • Éce wíte ðrowian,

    • Homl. Th. i. 66, 14.

  • Sceame þrowian,

    • Soul Kmbl. 98
      • ;
    • Seel. 49.

  • Sár þrowian synna tó wíte,

    • Exon. Th. 77, 1
      • ;
    • Cri. 1250.

  • Wrace þrowian, biterne bryne,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1230
      • ;
    • An. 615.

  • Wóp ðrowian, heáf under heofonum,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 934
      • ;
    • Sal. 466.

  • Torn þrowigean,

    • Cd. Th. 146, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 2422.

  • Þrowigean þreániéd micel, fýres wylm,

    • 229, 6
      • ;
    • Dan. 213.

  • Manega earfoðnesse fram Iudéum ic wæs ðrowiende,

    • Blickl. Homl. 237, 10.
Grammar
þrowian, without acc., generally
Grammar
þrowian, ¶ The past participle is used as if the verb were a causative =
to suffer martyrdom
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  • Ic þrowode,

    • Cd. Th. 296, 17
      • ;
    • Sat. 503.

  • Mín Drihten, áne tíd on róde ðú þrowodest,

    • Blickl. Homl. 243, 28.

  • Godes sunu on róde galgan þrowode,

    • 27, 28: Elen. Kmbl. 841
      • ;
    • E1. 421: Rood Kmbl. 165
      • ;
    • Kr. 84.

  • Ðrowode,

    • Menol. Fox 167
      • ;
    • Men. 85.

  • Þrowode

    martyrizavit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 14.

  • His mæssepreóst þreowude mid him,

    • Shrn. 124, 1.

  • Þrowedon

    agonizarunt,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 6.

  • Þreowedan,

    • 81, 50.

  • Hú Drihten wolde cuman tó ðære stówe ðe hé on þrowian wolde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 15, 5.

  • Hé wolde þrowian for ealra manna hǽle,

    • 65, 32: 77, 13.

  • Hiǽ lǽddun hine ðæt hé þrowigan salde

    duxerunt eum ut crucifigerent,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 31.

  • Ys mannes sunu fram him tó þrowigenne (þrowende bið, Rush.)

    Filius hominis passurus est ab eis,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 12.

  • Tó ðrowienne,

    • Homl. Th. i. 82, 27.

  • Ðrouande

    passurum,

    • Lk. Skt, p. 6, 9.

  • Þrowigende

    laturi,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 39: 52, 46.
to make to suffer, to crucify :
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    Æfter ðonne ðe hé þrowad wæs

    after he was crucified,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 44.

  • Cf. Geðrowod under Pilate,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 596, 15.

  • Ðone geðrowodan Crist,

    • 292, 13.
Grammar
þrowian, with gen.
of instrument inflicting death
:
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  • -- Hé sceolde deófolgeldum geldan, oððe sweordes þrowian

    suffer death by the sword,

    • Shrn. 129, 3.
to suffer for something, pay for, atone for
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  • Ic ðrounio

    persolvio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 16.

  • Ðrowode

    expe[n]disset,

    throuadae

    expendisse[t],

    • Txts. 61, 783.

  • Þrowode

    expendisset,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 63.

  • Hé þrowade ðæs þeówes sleacnysse

    he suffered for the slowness of the servant,

    • Shrn, 43, 15.

  • Þoledan and þrowedan

    luebant,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 29.

  • Ðú scealt þrowian ðínes dǽda gedwild

    thou shalt expiate the error of thy deeds,

    • Cd. Th. 57, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 921.

  • Þrowgende

    luendi,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 51: 52, 65.
Etymology
[Crist þrouwede deð,
  • O. E. Homl. i. 17, 29.
Þrowede,
  • ii. 101, 9.
Hwi walde he þrowin as he dude,
  • Kath. 1135.
He ðrowede and ðolede,
  • Gen, and Ex. 1180.
O. H. Ger. dróen, druoen pati.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, efen-, ge-þrowian.
Linked entries
v.  a-þrówian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þrowian.” 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/32146.

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