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ge-ortrúwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-ortrúwian, -trýwian; p. ode; pp. od [or without, treówian, trúwian to trust]
To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, dēspērāre
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  • Ða ðé ne lǽtaþ geortrúwian be ðis andweardan lífe

    they suffer thee not to despair of this present life,

      Bt. 10; Fox 30, 7.
  • Se man lócaþ underbæc, ðe geortrúwaþ Godes mildheortnysse

    the man looks behind who despairs of God's mercy,

      Homl. Th. i. 252, 10.
  • Ðæt úre nán be his néxtan ne geortrúwige

    that none of us despair of his neighbour,

    ii.
      82, 27.
  • Nis ðæt to geortrýwianne

    nec diffīdendum est,

      Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 32.
  • Ðæt ðú ne geortrýwe nánes gódes on nánre wiðerweardnesse

    that thou despair not of any good in any adversity,

      Bt. 6; Fox 14, 35.
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v.  ge-ortréwan.
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