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þyrre

  • adjective
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þyrre, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§279; §434; §439;
dry, lacking water
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  • On þyrran mæræ,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 117, 5.
lacking sap or moisture
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  • Þornas þyre (þyrre? but cf.

    O. L. Ger. thiori holt
    ),

    • Ps. Th. 117, 12.
as a medical term, dry
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  • Hine dreceþ þyrre hwósta,

    • Lchdm. ii. 264, 13
    • .
  • Eallum þyrrum líchomum hǽmedþing ne dugon ac swíþost þyrrum and cealdum; ne dereþ hit hátum and wǽtum,

    • 222, 28-30.
Etymology
[
Goth. þaursus dry, withered
:
O. H. Ger. durri aridus, siccus, torridus
:
Icel. þurr
:
O. L. Ger. thurritha dryness.
]
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  • þyrre, adj.