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á-þolian

  • verb [ weak ]
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intrans.
To hold out under trial,
of persons
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  • Hit bið twýlic hwæðer ðæt cild on life áðolige oð þæt hit þám láreówe andwyrdan mage,

      Hml. Th. ii. 50, 24.
  • Þá earman bearn ne mihton leng for sceame on þǽre byrig áðolian,

      ii. 30, 27.
of things
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  • Ꝥ scyp byð gesund, gyf se streng áþolað,

      Shrn. 175, 23.
  • Seó upfléring tóbærst... þæt hús eal ansund áðolode,

      Hml. Th. ii. 164, 5.
  • Wurdon gelæhte micele and manega fixas, and þæt net swá ðeáh áðolode,

      290, 21.
trans.
To put up with, endure, suffer
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  • Ic wundrige hú seó sǽ áðolode míne lustas,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 385.
  • Þám ylcum gemete wuniaþ and gyt áþolede synt munecena mynstru,

      R. Ben. 139, 3.
Etymology
[
Goth. us-þul(j)an.
]
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