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for-tredan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-tredan, ðú -tretst, -trydst, -trytst; p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon; pp. -treden
To tread upon, tread under foot; conculcāre, calcāre
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  • Ðæt ðú cunne fortredan ðas woruld

    that thou mayest tread down this world,

    • Homl. Th.ii. 392, 34.

  • Ic fortrede

    conculco,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 47
      • ;
    • Som. 48, 43.

  • Fortretst ðú ða woruldlícan styrunga

    thou wilt tread down worldly commotions,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 392, 25.

  • Ðú fortrydst leóna and dracena

    thou shalt be a treader down of lions and of dragons,

    • Ps. Spl. 90, 13.

  • Ðú fortrytst eorþan

    conculcābis terram,

    • Cant. Abac. Lamb. fol. 190 a. 12.

  • Wénunga þeóstru fortredaþ me

    forsĭtan tenebræ conculcābunt me,

    • Ps. Lamb. 138, 11.

  • Wegferende ðæt sǽd fortrǽdon

    the wayfarers trod the seed down,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 90, 15: i. 544, 28.

  • Búton ðæt hit sý fram mannum fortreden

    nĭsi ut conculcētur ab hŏmĭnĭbus,

    • Mt. Bos. 5, 13.

  • Hierusalem biþ fram þeódum fortreden

    Jerūsālem calcābĭtur a gentĭbus.

    • Lk. Bos. 21, 24.

  • Seó fortredene heorte

    the trodden down heart,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 90, 16.
Etymology
[
Chauc. fortroden trodden down
;
Ger. ver-treten to tread down.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-tredan.” 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/11973.

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