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drohtaþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
drohtaþ, drohtoþ,es ; m. [dreógan to do, suffer, pass life, live]
Wright's OE grammar
§595;
Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society; condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio
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  • Is se drohtaþ strang ðam ðe lagoláde cunnaþ

    severe is the way of life for him who trieth a sea-journey,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 626
    • ;
    • An. 313: 2770
    • ;
    • An. 1387: Exon. 20 a
    • ;
    • Th. 53,
    • 28;
    • Cri. 857
    • .
  • Duguþ and drohtaþ

    virtue and converse,

    • Exon. 42 b
    • ;
    • Th. 143,
    • 4;
    • Gú. 656
    • .
  • Ne wæs his drohtoþ swylce he on ealderdagum ǽr gemétte

    his condition was not such as he had before found in his life-days,

    • Beo. Th. 1517
    • ;
    • B. 756
    • .
  • Ðæt hie ðe eáþ mihton ofer ýða geþring drohtaþ adreógan

    that they might the easier endure their way of life over the clash of waves,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 737
    • ;
    • An. 369: 2564
    • ;
    • An. 1283: Exon. 103 a
    • ;
    • Th. 389,
    • 20;
    • Rä. 7,
    • 10.
  • Hí má lufedon dióra drohtaþ

    they loved more the society of beasts,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26,
    • 183;
    • Met. 26,
    • 92.
  • Drohtaþ sécan

    to seek a sojourn,

    • Cd. 86
    • ;
    • Th. 109,
    • 6;
    • Gen. 1818: Exon. 61 b
    • ;
    • Th. 227,
    • 1;
    • Ph. 416
    • .
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v.  droht.
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  • drohtaþ, n.