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þolian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Gyf hé hys sáwle forwyrd þolað

    si animae suae detrimentum patiatur,

      Mt. 16, 26.
  • Eádige synt þá ðe éhtnysse þoliað,

      5, 10.
  • Án wíf þe þolode twelf geár,

      9, 20. I c.
add: III a.
to be without what is unpleasant or evil
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  • Heora reáfes gyrla swilc beó ꝥ hé þolige ǽlces ýdeles uanitatis occasione careat, Chrd. 65, 13. ꝥ nǽfre þǽr (in hell) ne þoliað þæs wítes þá þe nǽfre in þisum lífe willað þolian þǽre synne and hyre bútan beón

    ut numquam careant supplicio, qui in hac vita numquam voluerunt carere peccato,

      Gr. D. 335, 6-8.
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