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deáþ-berende

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  • Þæs réþan and þæs deádberendan

    funesti,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 12.

  • Fram ðǽm deádberendum

    a funesto,

      2, 30.
of things,
physical,
deadly, pestilential
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  • Deáðberende smíc gǽð of heora múðe,

      Wlfst. 201, 1.

  • Se deádberenda drinc

    pestifer potus,

      Gr. D. 104, 29.

  • Wæs þǽra wyrma oroð swíðe deáðberende and ǽterne

    halitus erat pestifer,

      Nar. 14, 16.

  • Áttres uoercdédo deáðberendo

    viri operationes mortiferas, Rtl. 125, 37. (1 a) figurative :-- Hé cwæð ðæt sió tunge wǽre deáðberendes átres (veneno mortifero )

    full,
      Past. 281, 7.

  • Þæs biteran áttres þá deáþberendan wæter (

    evil thoughts

    ),
      Guth. 46, 6.
moral or spiritual
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  • Þeó deáþberende uncyst (

    envy

    ),
      Bl. H. 65, 13.
of living creatures
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  • On fæðme þæs deáðberendan dracan þe is deófol genemned,

      Wlfst. 188, 10.

  • Þæt deáðberende deófol,

      185, 13.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “deáþ-berende.” 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/42629.

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