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prút
/pru:t /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Adjective
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
prút
; adj. Proud,arrogant :-- Mægen prútes unnytt Gode virtus superbi inutilis Deo, Scint. 17. Sáwl prútes (superbi) byþ forlǽten fram Gode, 17. Wiðerwyrdnyss prúte (sublimes) geniþerude, 46. Ðǽr mihton geseón Winceastre leódan rancne (prútne, MS. F., v. note, p. 336) here and unearhne, ðæt hí be hyra gate tó sǽ eodon, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 26. [Þa iwarð þe king on mode prut, Laym. 8828. Prud (the opposite of edmod), A. R. 176, 17. Icel. prúðr gallant, brave, magnificent.] v. prút-líce, -scipe, prútung, prýt.
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prút
; adj. Add :-- Módig[e] ł prúd[e] arrogantes, An. Ox. 56, 233. Þǽra prútra and þǽra módigra gyltas þreágan contempnentes et superbos increpare, Chrd. 18, 8. ¶ as a nickname :-- Tofig Prúda, C. D. iv. 54, 13. v. ofer-prút.
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prút
pride, v. ofer-prút, sbst. [Cf. prowde of lif, N. E. D.]
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