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  • Gedrehte

    contractor, strictos,

    • Germ. 401, 14.
the object a person, (i) the subject a person.
to vex, afflict
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  • ÞÁ heÁfodmen fyrde sendon, and mænig man mid þám swíðe gedrehtan,

    • Chr. 1096 ;
    • P. 233, 8.

  • Hine deófol mid his lymum wylle gedreccan,

    • Angl. viii. 324, 19.
to vex, annoy, provoke
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  • Hí þone æðelan wer oft gedrehton (

    ad iracundiam provocabant),

    • Hml. Th. ii. 174, 9.
the subject a thing
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  • Þ gyld gedrehte ealle Engla þeóde,

    • Chr. 105-2;
    • P. 173, 20.

  • Hunger þisne eard swíðe gedrehte,

    • 1096;
    • P. 233, 5.

  • Arn egeslic wæter . . . Hé mid þám gedræht wæs,

    • Vis. Lfc. 4, 6.

  • Manege scíran wurdon þærle gedrehte þurh þone weall þe hí worhton

    the building of the wall proved very burdensome,

    • Chr. 1097;
    • P. 234, 6.

  • Hý wérge wǽtan bǽdan drynces gedreahte

    tormented by thirst and weary they begged for a drink of water,

    • Cri. 1509.
the object a thing, to injure, destroy
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  • Þ heriendlic [lof] hé gedrehte

    ut favorabile [viri Dei] [praeconium] elideret i. frangeret,

    • An. Ox. 2779.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-dreccan.” 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/47668.

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