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drohtnung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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drohtnung, drohtung, e; f. [droht vitæ condĭtio]
Conversation, condition, conduct, life, actions; conversātio, condĭtio, stătio, actio
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  • Hiradrohtnung sí afandud

    quorum conversātio sit probāta,

    • Deut. 1,
      • 13.

  • Manega hálige béc cýðaþ his [Gregoriuses] drohtnunge and his hálige líf

    many holy books manifest his [Gregory's] conduct and his holy life,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 116,
      • 29.

  • Of ðære munuclícan drohtnunge

    from the monastic life,

    • 120,
      • 12.

  • Some on mynsterlícre drohtnunge on reogollícum lífe getreówlíce Drihtne þeówdon

    some served the Lord truly in monastic conversation in regular life,

    • Bd. 3,
      • 27;
    • S. 558, 24: Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 4,
      • 5;
    • Lchdm. iii. 238,
      • 4.

  • On micelre drohtnunge

    in great renown,

    • L. Ælf. P. 40
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 380,
      • 33.

  • He his líf in Gode mid wyrþre drohtende gefylde

    vitam in Deo digna conversātiōne complēvit,

    • Bd. 5,
      • 6;
    • S. 620,
      • 24.

  • On ðæra Apostola drohtnunge

    in the Acts of the Apostles,

    • R. Ben. 33
      • .

  • Óþ-ðæt he full hál sý on his drohtnungum

    until he be full sound in his conditions,

    • Homl. Th. i. 126,
      • 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “drohtnung.” 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/7990.

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