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strengðu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§221; §289; §318; §371; §372; §613;
Strength
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  • Strengð

    acha, i. virtus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 27.

  • Seó strengð

    vis,

      Gl. Prud. 71.
referring to living beings,
strength, power ta do, fortitude, power to bear, firmness, vigour
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  • Strengþu heáfdes mínes

    fortitudo capitis mei,

      Ps. Th. 59, 6 : 117, 14.

  • Mægnes strengðu,

      Exon. Th. 239, 23; Ph. 625.

  • Módes strengð fortitudo, Wulfst. 51, 7. Fortitudo, ðæt is strængð

    oððe

    ánrédnyss, þurh ða sceal seó sáwul forbæran earfoðnysse mid ánrǽdum móde,
      Homl. Skt. i. 1, 165.

  • Strængþ

    vigor,

      Hymn. Surt. 10, 10.

  • Strengcþ. mín

    fortitudo mea.

      Ps. Spl. 17, 1.

  • Strenð

    robur,

      Kent. Gl. 795.

  • Ic eów healde strengðu staþolfæstre,

      Exon. Th. 31, 3; Cri. 490.

  • In ðære gǽstes strengðu,

      40, 14; Cri. 638.

  • Beón wiðmeten ðinre strengðe

    comparari fortitudini tuae,

      Deut. 3, 24: Ps. Spl. 38, 14.

  • On strengðe horses,

      146, 11.

  • Mid strencgðe

    cum potentia,

      Ps. Th. 88, 11.

  • Mid micelre strencðe áfylled hé worhte micele tácna,

      Homl. Th. i. 44, 23.
  • Swá se fulfremeda wæstm biþ on fulre strencðe þeónde, ii. 76, 19.

  • Se weard

    (the angel at the gate of Eden)

    hafaþ miht and strengðo,
      Cd. Th. 58, 22; Gen. 950.

  • Ic ðíne strengþu

    (virtutem)

    singe,
      Ps. Th. 58, 16.

  • Strengðe

    fortitudinem,

      Ps. Spl. 58, 18.

  • Hí lǽrdon ðæt hí módes strengþo náman, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 481, 5. (1 a)

    the time when a man is strong, mature years

    :-- On mínum cildháde oððe on mínre geógoðe oððe on mínre strengðe oððe on mínre ylde, Anglia xi.
      102, 2.
violence, force
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  • Hé ða ongeánwinnendan fǽmnan mid micelre strengðe earfoðlíce ofercom,

      Ap. Th. 2, 5.

  • Strenðe

    violentiam,

      Kent. Gl. 842.

  • Hié ongunnon mid sweordum and mid strengþum þyder gán; þohton ðæt hié woldan ofsleán ða apostolas,

      Blickl. Homl. 151, 1.
referring to things,
strength, efficacy, virtue, beneficial power
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  • Hæfþ hit ða strængðe hyne tó gewyrmenne Lchdm. i. 116, 1.

  • Ðás sylfan strengþe heó hafaþ gewylled wið ðæs migþan earfoðlícnyssa,

      284, 3.

  • Hæfþ ðeós wyrt ealle heora strengða,

      244, 1.
of that which is hard to bear,
strength, violence, severity, force
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  • Ðí laes seó strengð ðære wyrte ða góman bærne,

      Lchdm. i. 316, 20.

  • Wið áttres strenðe (strengðe,

      MS. B. ),
    , heó oferswið ealle strenðe ðæs áttres, 114, 13-15.

  • Ne mæg man ǽfre for his strengðe ðysne wyrttrnman syllan þicgean on sundrum,

      260, 18.

  • Hé sceal upweard licgean, ðý læs hé ða strengþe ðyssæ lácnunge ongite,

      300, 21.
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v. mægen-strengðu.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “strengðu.” 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/29157.

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