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corþer

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
corþer, gen. corþres; n: corþer; gen. corþre; f.
A band, multitude, company, troop, body, train, pomp; multitudo, cohors, copia, pompa
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  • Cirmdon caldheorte, corþer óðrum getang

    the cold-hearted cried out, troop thronged on troop

    • Andr. Kmbl. 276
    • ;
    • An. 138.
  • Cyning corþres georn

    a king desirous of pomp

    • Cd. 176
    • ;
    • Th. 221, 28
    • ;
    • Dan. 95.
  • Wǽron ealle ætgædere cyningas on corþre

    the kings were altogether in a body

    • 151
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    • Th. 189, 27
    • ;
    • Exod. 191: 166
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    • Th. 207, 11
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    • Exod. 465
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    • Exon. 15a
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    • Th. 31, 11
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    • Cri. 494: 46a
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    • Th. 156, 25
    • ;
    • Gú. 880.
  • Stígeþ cirm on corþre

    clamour arises in the company

    • 83b
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    • Th. 314, 26
    • ;
    • Mód. 20.
  • Cyning on corþre

    a king amid his train

    • Beo. Th. 2310
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    • B. 1153
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    • Ps. Th. 54, 16
  • On wera corþre

    in the company of men

    • Elen. Kmbl. 608
    • ;
    • El. 304: 1081
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    • El. 543: 140
    • ;
    • El. 70.
  • Heó cleopade fór corþre

    she cried before the assemblage

    • Exon. 74b
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    • Th. 279, 23
    • ;
    • Jul. 618
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    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 169
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    • Met. 26, 85
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    • Andr. Kmbl. 3428
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    • An. 1718.
  • Se sunu Wihstánes acígde of corþre cyninges þegnas

    the son of Wihstan called the king's thanes from the band

    • Beo. Th. 6233
    • ;
    • B. 3121.
  • Mid corþre

    with a troop

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2151
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    • An. 1077: 2244
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    • An. 1123: 2410
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    • An. 1206
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    • Elen. Kmbl. 1379
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    • El. 691.
  • Corþre ne lytle

    with no little train

    • Exon. 16a
    • ;
    • Th. 36, 19
    • ;
    • Cri. 578.
  • Hér Eádgár wæs Engla waldend corþre micelre

    in this year [A. D. 973] Edgar became ruler of the Angles with much pomp

    • Chr. 973
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    • Erl. 124, 10
    • ;
    • Edg. 2.
  • Hí cwómon in ða ceastre corþra mǽste

    they came to the city with the greatest of companies

    • Elen. Kmbl. 548
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    • El. 274
    • ;
    • Exon. 58a
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    • Th. 209, 7
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    • Ph. 167.
  • Corþrum miclum

    in large bands

    • Cd. 80
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    • Th. 99, 27
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    • Gen. 1652: 112
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    • Th. 148, 7
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    • Gen. 2453.
Etymology
O. H. Ger. kortar, n. grex
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Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis = cors, gen. cortis a company.
Derived forms
hilde-corþer, mægen-.
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