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drohtian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to live a life
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  • Ic drohtige

    conversor, i. locum uto, utor, habito, maneo,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 50.
  • Git hé self drohtað on ðám eorðlicum tielongum

    si in terrenis negotiis ipse versatur,

      Past. 133, 4.
  • Menn wéndon ðæt hé ǽfæsðlíce drohtode (

    degere religiose

    ), 24.
  • Lifde oððe drohtode

    degebat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 47.
  • Drohtadun þá hié

    conversantibus eis,

      Mt. R. 17, 22.
  • Hú hé ðǽron drohtian (-igean, v. l.) scyle

    qualem se in ipso regimine debeat exhibere,

      Past. 75, 2.
  • Drohtiende

    degens,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 45.
to carry out a practice
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  • Ꝥ hé ꝥ (the right observance of Easter) mihte mid ðý máran ealdorlicnesse drohtian (þurhteón, v. l.) and gefremman

    quod ut majore auctoritate perficeret,

      Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 676, 24.
Etymology
[Godefrihte muneces þá wolden drohtien here líf on ankersetle, Chr. 656; P. 31, 17.]
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