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DROPA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
DROPA, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §256; §401;
a DROP; stilla, gutta, stillicĭdium
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  • Dropa gutta vel

    stilla,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 97
      • ;
    • Som. 76,
      • 70;
    • Wrt. Voc. 54,
      • 14.

  • Yrnþ dropmǽlum swíðe hluttor wæter, ðæt gecígdon ða ðe on ðære stówe wunodon stillam, ðæt is dropa very pure water runs [there] drop by drop, which those who dwelt in the place called stilla,

    that is drop,

    • Homl. Th. i. 510,
      • 1.

  • Flówe mín spræc swá dropan ofer gærsa cíþas

    fluat elŏquium meum quasi stillæ super gramĭna,

    • Deut. 32,
      • 2.

  • Snáw cymþ of ðam þynnum wǽtan, ðe byþ upatogen mid ðære lyfte, and byþ gefroren ǽr ðan ðe he to dropum geurnen sý

    snow comes of the thin moisture, which is drawn up with the air, and is frozen before it be run into drops,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 19,
      • 14;
    • Lchdm. iii. 278,
      • 25.

  • His swát wæs swylce blódes dropan on eorþan yrnende

    est sudor ejus sīcut guttæ sanguĭnis decurrentis in terram,

    • Lk. Bos. 22,
      • 44.

  • Swá dropa, ðe on ðas eorþan dreópaþ

    as a drop which droppeth on this earth,

    • Ps. Th. 71,
      • 6.

  • Heó óðerne dropan on ðæt óðer eáge dyde

    she put [did] another drop on the other eye,

    • Guthl. 22
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 98,
      • 3.

  • Nime ánne eles dropan

    take a drop of oil,

    • Ors. 4,
      • 7;
    • Bos. 88, 11: L. M. 1,
      • 2;
    • Lchdm. ii. 34,
      • 26.

  • Swá swá dropan dropende ofer eorþan

    sīcut stillicĭdia stillantia super terram,

    • Ps. Spl. 71,
      • 6.

  • Dropan stígaþ

    the drops shall rise,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 90
      • ;
    • Sal. 44
      • .

  • Dropena dreorung

    a fall of drops,

    • Exon. 54 a
      • ;
    • Th. 189,
      • 23;
    • Az. 64: Cd. 191
      • ;
    • Th. 238,
      • 3;
    • Dan. 349: 213
      • ;
    • Th. 265,
      • 23;
    • Sat. 12
      • .
a disease, paralysis? morbus, parăly̆sis =
παράλυσιs
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  • Wið fót-ádle, and wið ðone dropan

    against gout [foot disease] and against the paralysis [the drop],

    • Lchdm. i. 376,
      • 1.

  • Wið ðone dropan

    against the paralysis [the drop],

    • Herb. 59
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 162, 4,
      • 7.

  • Heó ǽlc yfel blód and ðæne dropan gewyldeþ

    it subdues all evil blood and the paralysis [the drop],

    • 124,
      • 1;
    • Lchdm. i. 236,
      • 13.
Etymology
[
Wyc. droppes, pl:
Laym. drope:
Plat droppen, drüppen, m:
O. Sax. dropo, m:
O. Frs. dropta dropping:
Dut. drop, m:
Kil. droppe:
Ger. tropfen, m:
M. H. Ger. tropfe, m:
O. H. Ger. trofo, tropfo, m. gutta:
Dan. dryp, n; draabe, m. f:
Swed. droppe, m:
Icel. dropi, m
.]
Derived forms
hleór-dropa, rén-, spéd-, wǽg-, wóp-, wróht-
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DROPA.” 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/7991.

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