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þyrs

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þyrs, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§387;
A giant, an enchanter, a demon
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  • Ðyrs, heldióbul

    Orcus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 64.
  • Ðyrs sceal on fenne gewunian ána innan lande,

    • Menol. Fox 545
    • ;
    • Gn. C. 42.
  • Þyrses

    Caci,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 62.
  • Þyr[ses]

    colossi,

    • Hpt. Gl. 445, 2.
  • Gehégan ðing wiþ þyrse ( Grendel ),

    • Beo. Th. 856
    • ;
    • B. 426.
  • Ealdum þyrse (þyrre, MS.),

    • Exon. Th. 425, 29
    • ;
    • Rä. 41, 63.
  • Þyrsa oððe wyrmgalera Marsorum, þyrsas ł wyrmgaleras Marsi,

    • Hpt. Gl. 483, 13-15.
    • Cf.
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 9.
  • Áníge þyrsas

    Cyclopes,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 37.
  • Ðyrsa

    Cyclopum,

    • 21, 72.
Etymology
[Com þe þurs Maxence,
  • Kath. 1858.
Ichabbe isehen þene þurs of helle,
  • Marh. 11, 7.
Thykke theefe as a thursse, Halliwell's Dict. Ther shal lyn lamya (satyr, A. V.), that is a thirs (thrisse), or a beste hauende the bodi lic a womman and horse feet,
  • Wick. Isaiah 34, 15.
O. H. Ger. durs Dis, daemonium
:
Icel. þurs a giant.
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v. orc-þyrs.
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  • þyrs, n.