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to fall.
of mere change of position
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  • Þæt se wítes bona in helle grund gedreóse,

      Cri. 265.
with idea of destruction,
of persons,
to fall in battle
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  • Æt hilde gedreás sec[g] æfter óðrum,

      Val. I. 4.
of material,
to fall from decay
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  • Þes wág . . . gedreás,

      Ruin. 11.
  • Scúrbeorge gedrorene, 5.
to fall, perish.
of persons,
to die
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  • Mægen eall gedreás, þá hé gedrencte dugoð Egypta,

      Exod. 499.
of material things
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  • Mín líchoma gedreósan sceal, swá þeós eorðe eall,

      Gú. 343.

  • Míne welan þe ic hæfde syndon ealle gewitene and gedrorene,

      Bl. H. 113, 25.
of non-material things,
to fail, come to an end
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  • Bléda gedreósað, wynna gewítað. Rún. 29: Reim. 55.

  • Ne lǽt ðín ellen gedreósan,

      Val. l, 7.

  • Gedroren is þeós duguð eal, dreámas sind gewitene,

      Seef. 86.

  • Dagas míne gedroren syndan sméce gelíce

    defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei,

      Ps. Th. 101, 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-dreósan.” 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/47685.

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