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fracoþ

  • adjective
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Grammar
fracoþ, fracuþ, fracod, fraced; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§218; §286; §430;
Vile, filthy, unseemly, hateful, abominable, worthless, useless; turpis, detestābilis, indĕcōrus
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  • Is úser líf fracoþ and gefrǽge

    our life is vile and infamous,

    • Cd. 189
      • ;
    • Th. 235, 10
      • ;
    • Dan. 304: Salm. Kmbl. 67
      • ;
    • Sal. 34: Exon. 10 b
      • ;
    • Th. 12, 33
      • ;
    • Cri. 195.

  • Ne wæs ðæt [MS. ðær] húru fracoðes gealga

    that was indeed no vile [man's] gibbet,

    • Rood Kmbl. 20
      • ;
    • Kr. 10.

  • We bióþ folcum fracoðe

    we shall be hateful to the people,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 817
      • ;
    • An. 409.

  • Fracoðest

    vilest.

    • Salm. Kmbl. 702
      • ;
    • Sal. 350.

  • Wæs úre líf fracuþ and gefrǽge

    our life has been vile and infamous,

    • Exon. 53 a
      • ;
    • Th. 186, 23
      • ;
    • Az. 24.

  • Hí fracuðe and earme wǽron

    they were worthless and wretched,

    • Bd. 3, 21
      • ;
    • S. 551, 26.

  • Hwæt rece we hwæt we sprecan, búton hit riht spræc sý, and behéfe, næs idel, oððe fracod

    quid cūrāmus quid lŏquāmur, nĭsi recta lŏcūtio sit, et ūtĭlis, non ănīlis, aut turpis?

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 11.

  • Næs seó ecg fracod hilde rince

    the edge was not useless to the warrior,

    • Beo. Th. 3155
      • ;
    • B. 1575.

  • On ðam fracodan gilte

    in făcĭnŏre,

    • Jos. 7, 15.

  • On his fracedum dǽdum

    in his abominable deeds,

    • Ælfc. T. 34, 25.
Linked entries
v.  fraced fraceþ fracod fracuþ for-cúþ.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fracoþ.” 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/12115.

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  • fracoþ, adj.

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