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§57; §299; §320; §508;
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  • Heó creáp on þám handum and dróh (

    trahebat) on ðǽre eorðan ealne hire líchaman . . . þá ongan heó hider and þider dragan hí selfe (se trahere )

    geond þá cyrican,
      Gr. D. 228, 10-18.

  • Wildu hors hyne drógon on gorstas and on þornas,

      Shrn. 117, 13.

  • Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe and drógon (cf. tugon, 54) hine swá swá hí ǽr dydon,

      Hml. S. 15, 82.

  • Drógun (trógun, R., cf. tróg, v. 11) segni

    trahentes rete,

      Jn. 21, 8.

  • Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan,

      14, 155.

  • Ongon þá leófne síð dragan Dryhtnes cempa tó þám eorðan dǽle,

      Gú. 699.

  • Hé lét dragan úp þæne deádan Harald,

      Chr. 1040; P. 162, 3.

  • Hí férdon æfter heom intó þám mynstre and woldon hig út dragan,

      1083; P. 215, 6.
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v. á-dragan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dragan.” 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/42905.

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