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þrowiend-líc

  • adjective
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þrowiend-líc, þrowigend-líc; adj.
capable of suffering
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  • Ðá wearð hé ( Christ ) gesewenlíc on úrum gecynde and þrowigendlíc,

    • Homl. Th. i. 120, 26: ii. 6, 32.
  • Ðis is ðín gecynd ðus ðrowigendlíc, ðe ic of ðé genam,

    • 256, 28.
  • Hélias wæs ús mannum gelíc, ðrowiendlíc, swá swá wé,

    • 330, 16.
as a grammatical term, passive
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  • Passiva verba, ðæt synd þrowiendlíce word,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 19
    • ;
    • Zup. 121, 1.
  • Eal swá gáð ða óðre ðrowigendlícan word,

    • 27
    • ;
    • Zup. 161, 15.
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v. un-þrowi(g)endlíc.
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  • þrowiend-líc, adj.