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lyre

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§239; §386; §562;
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perdition, destruction
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  • Lyre, forwyrd

    perditio,

      An. Ox. 56, 35.
  • God heóld hine wið his sáwle lyre. Hml. Th. ii. 454, 4.
  • Þæt; hé ne sý on lyre forswolgen,

      R. Ben. 51, 6.
the fact of losing something.
the being deprived of,
failure to keep a possession, faculty, &c.
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  • Þonne se man geunrótsað for his ǽhta lyre,

      Hml. S. 16, 291.
  • Lyre gehealtsumnesse

    dispendio castitatis.

      An. Ox. 353.
  • Hé wæs lustlíce þone lyre þæs horses þoliende

    jumenti perditi damnum libenter ferens,

      Gr. D. 14, 19.
  • Hé þolode lyre

    (jacturam)

    eallra þára þinga þe on þám scipe wǽron,
      141, 13.
loss of a living creature by death
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  • Hé nolde ábúgan fram Godes lufe for bærna lyre,

      Hml. S. 16, 48.
  • Him tó cýðenne his ǽhta lyre (cf. se deófol ácwealde ealle his ǽhta), 4), Hml. Th. ii. 450, 30. (2 a)

    loss

    by death in battle :-- Bútan þǽra manna lyre þe him mid cómon,
      Hml. S. 27, 53.
detriment, disadvantage, damage
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  • Forðelgiað leras

    sustinuere dispendia,

      Kent. Gl. 1019.
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