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þrowing-tíd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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þrowing-tíd, e; f.
the time at which a person suffered martyrdom
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  • Fram ðissere worulde fruman óþ Xpes þrowungtíd, ðæt is six þúsend geára and .c. geára and lviii geára,

    • Anglia xi. 7, 18.
  • Weorðian wé on ðissum andweardan dæge Sancte Petres þrowungtíde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 171, 4.
the anniversary of the time when some one suffered
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  • Ðeós tíd fram ðisum andwerdan dæge ( fifth Sunday in Lent ) óð ða hálgan Eástertíde is gecweden Cristes ðrowungtíd,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 224, 19.
  • On ǽlces geáres ymbryne ymbe his ðrowungtíde,

    • i. 564, 24.
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  • þrowing-tíd, n.