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drohtnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
drohtnian, drohtian; part. drohtniende, drohtiende, drohtende; p. ode , ade ; pp. od, ad
Wright's OE grammar
§595;
To converse, dwell or keep company with, pass life, live; versāri, conversāri, dēgĕre, vitam ăgĕre
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  • Bí bisceopum, hú hí mid heora geférum drohtian and lifigean scylon

    de episcŏpis, qualĭter cum suis clerĭcis conversentur,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 27;
    • S. 488, 37: Hy. 4,
      • 89;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 285,
      • 89.

  • Cild ic eom under gyrde drohtniende

    puer sum sub virga dēgens,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 34,
      • 23.

  • Wæs he on his geférscipe drohtiende

    in clero illius conversātus,

    • Bd. 5,
      • 6;
    • S. 618,
      • 28.

  • Hí drohtende duguþe beswícaþ

    they by converse deceive the virtuous,

    • Exon. 97 a
      • ;
    • Th. 362,
      • 6;
    • Wal. 32
      • .

  • Ic drohtnige

    conversor,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 37
      • ;
    • Som. 39,
      • 15.

  • Drohtnaþ on temple God

    versātur in templo Deus,

    • Hymn. Surt. 44,
      • 7.

  • To hwám drohtaþ heó mid us

    why dwelleth she with us?

    • Salm. Kmbl. 894
      • ;
    • Sal. 446: Exon. 57 a
      • ;
    • Th. 203,
      • 22;
    • Ph. 88
      • .

  • We drohtniaþ

    degĭmus,

    • Hymn. Surt. 113,
      • 17.

  • Ða ungeleáffullan, ðe búton Godes gelaðunge dwollíce drohtniaþ

    the unbelieving, who live in error without the church of God,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 60,
      • 14.

  • Se in ðam mynstre eardode and drohtnade

    qui in illo monastērio degēbat,

    • Bd. 4,
      • 25;
    • S. 601,
      • 32.

  • Fela wítegan under ðære ǽ Gode gecwémelíce drohtnodon

    many prophets under the old law passed their days acceptably to God,

    • Homl. Th. ii, 78,
      • 34.

  • Ðæt mid Suna Meotudes drohtigen dæghwamlíce

    that ye converse daily with the Son of God,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1363
      • ;
    • An. 682
      • .
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v.  drohtian drohtigen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “drohtnian.” 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/7989.

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