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hryre

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hryre, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
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Fall, downfall, ruin, destruction, perdition, decay, decline, death
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  • Hryre

    casus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 11
      • ;
    • Som. 15, 10
      • :

    ruina,

    • Ps. Spl. 105, 28.

  • His hryre wæs micel

    fuit ruina ejus magna,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 7, 27.

  • Hægles hryre

    fall of hail,

    • Exon. 56 a
      • ;
    • Th. 198, 26
      • ;
    • Ph. 16.

  • Ðæt ðæs folces sceolde micel hryre beón

    that there should be a great destruction among the Romans,

    • Ors. 4, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 77, 45.

  • Líces hryre

    the fall of the body [death ],

    • Exon. 48 b
      • ;
    • Th. 167, 26
      • ;
    • Gú. 1066: 65 a
      • ;
    • Th. 240, 27
      • ;
    • Ph. 645
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 457
      • ;
    • An. 229.

  • Ðǽr him næs ne lífes lyre ne líces hryre

    there was for him [Adam] no loss of life, no bodily decay,

    • Exon. 44 b
      • ;
    • Th. 151, 27
      • ;
    • Gú. 801.

  • Yfle preóstas bióþ folces hryre

    laqueus ruinæ populi mei sacerdotes mali,

    • Past. 2, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 31, 9.

  • Ðætte hie ðone spild ðæs hryres him ondrǽden

    ut præcipitem ruinam metuant,

    • 52, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 407, 21.

  • Gif wé æfter ðæm hryre úrre scylda tó him gecierdon

    nobis post lapsum redeuntibus,

    • 52, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 405, 16,

  • Betwux ðæra stána hryre betǽhte hé his fýnd Gode

    whilst the stones were falling he commended his foes to God,

    • Homl. Th. i. 50, 23.

  • Ðis cild is gesett manegum mannum tó hryre

    positus est in ruinam multorum,

    • 144, 18
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 9, 8
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 4.

  • Ða twá forman gesceapennyssa feóllon on hryre and seó þridde wæs on hryre ácenned,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 8, 31.

  • Ne fægnode ic on mínes feóndes hryre,

    • 448, 22.

  • On myclum hryre seó heord wearþ on sǽ besceofen

    magno impetu grex præcipitatus est in mare,

    • Mk. Skt. 5, 13.

  • Ðone hryre ðe se feallenda deófol on engla werode gewanode

    the loss which the falling devil had caused in the host of angels,

    • Homl. Th. i. 32, 23, 28.

  • Hordwearda hryre,

    • Cd. 169
      • ;
    • Th. 210, 6
      • ;
    • Exod. 511
      • :
    • Exon. 76 b
      • ;
    • Th. 287, 1
      • ;
    • Wand. 7.

  • Ne timbreþ hé nó healle ac hryre

    non habitaculum sed ruina fabricatur,

    • Past. 49, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 383, 33.

  • Mid gelómlǽcendum hryrum

    by frequent destructions,

    • Homl. Th. i. 578, 34.

  • Hé gefylde hryras

    implebit ruinas,

    • Ps. Spl. 109, 7.

  • Hwilce hryras

    quantas ruinas,

    • Bt. 16, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 58, i. v.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hryre.” 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/19881.

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