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ge-þryccan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Substitute: p. ge-þrycte, ge-þryhte; pp. ge-þrycced, ge-þryced, ge-þryct.
to press
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  • Ðá hand geðrycð (

    premit

    ) sió incunde lufu,
      Past. 389, 13.
to press down, oppress, depress
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  • Ðæt gesuinc hira ágenra welera hié geðrycð

    labor labiorum ipsorum operiet,

      Past. 239, 15.

  • Ðætte ðæt lof hié tó ðǽm getrymede ðætte sió monung hié eft ne geðrycte

    quatenus eorum mentem, ne admonitio subjuncta concuteret laus praemissa solidaret,

      Past. 268, 22.

  • Sé ðe bið geðryced mid ðǽre hefignesse his synna

    qui peccati sui pondere premitur,

      268, 9.

  • Ðæt hié sién innan geðryccede (-ðrycte, v. l.) mid eádmódnesse

    interius deprimantur,

      119, 15.
to repress, compress, restrain
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  • Ðone fiónd úserne geðrycg

    hostem nostrum comprime,

      Rtl. 180, 18.

  • Hié hié selfe niédað tó healdonne ungemetlice swiggean and for ðǽm bióð swíðe geðrycte

    illos violenta custodia indiscreti silentii angustat,

      Past. 270, 17.

  • Ðá eáðmódan bióð oft geðrycte mid ðǽre synne ðæs eges, ðonne hié ne durron unðeáwas tǽlan

    humiles, ut perversa non increpent, sub specie humilitatis premit culpa formidinis,

      302, 7.
to express
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  • Wé geðryhton (printed -dryhton) ł wé áuritton

    expressimus,

      Mt. p. 3, 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þryccan.” 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/50156.

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