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for-þryccan

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to injure or
destroy by pressure,
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  • Mid þý fylle ðæs wáges forþryccende (

    opprimens

    ) hé geþrǽste ǽnne þára muneca,
      Gr. D. 125, 6.
  • Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg, for ðon ðe ic eom forseted and forðrycced (

    premor

    ) mid þám scyllum þisses dracan,
      325, 5.
to torture
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  • Beóð þá earman sáwla áhangene ofer þá hátestan lígeas, and þǽr þonne beóð forþriccende (-ede?) and gebundene,

      Ll. Th. ii. 400, 22.
to close up an opening
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  • Þá tóslitenan wunda heó forþrycceþ,

      Lch. i. 356, 15.
  • Múð his forðrycca (-ðrycga, L., dyttan, W. S.

    opprimere

    ),
      Lk. R. 11, 53.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. fer-drucchen premere, opprimere.]
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