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þweorh

  • adjective
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Grammar
þweorh, þwerh, þwyrh; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§85; §263; §428;
crooked, cross,
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for the literal sense see þweores.
fig.
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  • Ðuer wig

    perversa via,

    • Kent. Gl. 772.

  • On ðweorum wige

    in via perversi,

    • 812.

  • Þwuru (þweoru, MS. A.) beóþ on gerihte

    erunt prava in directa,

    • Lk. Skt. 3, 5.
adverse, opposed
(cf.
Icel. þver-úð discord
).
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v. þweorian, þweor-líc, II
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  • Þwyr oððe wiðerrǽde

    adversus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Zup. 240, 1.

  • Gif gé beóð þwyre tó ðisum,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 11, 94.

  • Ungeþwǽre and þwyre him betwýnan

    at variance among themselves,

    • 13, 236.
cross, angry, bitter.
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v. þweora
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  • Ðǽm þweorum (þreorum, Wrt.)

    rancidis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 59.
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v. þróh.
Grammar
þweorh, On þweorh
perverse, wrong, evil, depraved, froward
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  • Heorte ðuerh (þweor, Spl.: þweorr, Lamb.)

    cor pravum,

    • Ps. Surt. 100, 4.

  • Cyn ðuerh (þweor, Spl. Lamb.)

    genus pravum,

    • 77, 8.

  • Þwyr geþanc

    praua mens,

    • Scint. 68, 3.

  • Mann þwyr

    homo peruersus,

    • 134, 11.

  • Þwyr mód

    proteruus animus,

    • 19.

  • Hé wæs þwyr on dǽdum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 534, 2.

  • Seó híwrǽden is swíðe ðwyr

    domus exasperans est,

    • ii. 530, 29.

  • Decius se þweora heóld ríce,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 12.

  • Eálá þwyre (þweóre, MS. A.) cneóres

    O generatio perversa,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 17, 172.

  • Þwure (þweore,

      MS. A.),
    • Lk. Skt. 9, 41.

  • Seó ðwyre sáwul,

    • Homl. Th. i. 408, 13.

  • Ðæt ðwyre mód,

    • 410, 21.

  • Ðwerre heortan

    peruersi cordis,

    • Kent. Gl. 612.

  • Mid þweorum (ðý ðweoran, Surt.)

    cum perverso,

    • Ps. Spl. 27, 28.

  • Hé eall ðurh his unrihtdǽde mid ðweorum lífe áþýstrade

    universa prave agenda obnubilavit,

    • Bd. 5, 13
      • ;
    • S. 633, 33.

  • On þwerre sprǽce

    in locutione perversa, Confess. Peccat.

  • Ðweran

    perverso,

    • Kent. Gl. 242.

  • On bogon þweorne (ðone ðweoran, Surt.)

    in arcum pravum,

    • Ps. Spl. 77, 63.

  • On óðre wísan sint tó manienne ða bilwitan on óðre ða ðweoran and ða lytegan

    quomodo admonendi simplices et versipelles,

    • Past. 35
      • ;
    • Swt. 237, 5.

  • Ða ðweoran hí ofslógon,

    • Homl. Th. i. 232, 7.

  • Ða ðwyran beón geðreáde, ðæt hí tó Godes rihte gebúgan,

    • ii. 96, 5.

  • On þweorra (ðwyrra, Wells Frag.) manna ( pravorum ) gewit,

    • R. Ben. 119, 23.

  • Ðwyrra,

    • Homl. Th. i. 552, 35.

  • Ðweorum

    pravis,

    • Wülck. Gl. 251, 23.

  • Mid þweorum ðeáwum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 302, 30.

  • From þweorum and yfelum wordum,

    • L. E. I. 21
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 416, 33.

  • Geðyldig wið ðwyrum mannum,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 514, 11.

  • Ða ðwyran

    improbos,

    • R. Ben. Interl. 15, 10.
wrongly, evilly :
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  • -- Ðæt hí ðý máre wíte hæbben ðe hí gere witon ðæt hí on ðweorh dóð,

    • Past. 55
      • ;
    • Swt. 429, 9.

  • Hé ongeat ðæt hé hæfde on ðweorh gedón, ðæt seó mǽgþ wæs bútan biscope,

    • Bd. 3, 7
      • ;
    • S. 530, 22.

  • Ðonne hig eów tela tǽcean, and him sylf on ðweorh dóð,

    • L. E. I. 21
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 418, 7.

  • Hié on þweorh sprecaþ,

    • Cd. Th. 145, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 2413.
Etymology
[
Goth. þwairhs angry
:
O. H. Ger. dwerah transversus; in duerh in transversum
:
Icel. þverr cross, transverse.
]
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v. ire-þweorh.
Linked entries
v.  hwarum þweora þweorian þweor-líc þweorlíce þweorness þweor-tíme þwer.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þweorh.” 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/32371.

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