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tó-drǽfan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tó-drǽfan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§656;
To drive asunder, drive in different directions, drive away, expel, dispel, scatter, disperse
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  • God ða hǽðenan tódrǽfþ (

    disperdet

    ),
      Jos. 3, 10.
  • Seó sunne tódrǽfþ ða nihtlícan þeóstru,

      Lchdm. iii. 234, 30.
  • Háligra-manna ðe tódrǽfaþ ða leahtras and deófla heom fram,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 703.
  • Hé is sóð leóht ðe tðdrǽfde ða þeóstra ðises lífen,

      Homl. Th. i. 144, 7, Hí
    mynstra tóstæncton, and munecas tó-drǽfdon, Chr. 975 ; Erl. 127, 22.
  • Ðæt hé tódrǽfe costnunga fram úre heortan. Homl. Th. i. 156, 23.
  • Fela wearð tódrǽfed Godes ðeówa,

      Chr. 975 ; Erl. 126, 12.
  • Heora heriges wæs mycel ofslægen and eall tódrǽfed

    cunctus eorum caesus sive dispersus exercitus,

      Bd. 3, 18 ; 'S. 546, 36.
  • Byþ seó heord tódræfed

    dispargentur oves gregis,

      Mt. Kmbl. 26, 31.
  • Beón ða scép tódrǽfede,

      Mk. Skt. 14, 27.
Etymology
[A lutel windes puf mei al todreven hit, A. R. 254, I. Of þan folak þe wes todrefed, Laym. 330.]
Similar entries
v. tó-drífan.
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v.  tó-drífan.
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