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þracu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
þracu, gen. þræce; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§366;
not in a bad sense,
power, force
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  • Þracu (-a,

      MS.)
    wæs on óre, heard handplega, hægsteald módige, wígend unforhte, Cd. Th. 198, 22; Exod. 326.

  • Sigores tácn wið þeóda þræce

    a token of victory against the power of nations,

      Elen. Kmbl. 369; El. 185.

  • Se cásere héht bannan tó beadwe, beran út þræce ... wǽron Rómware sóna gegearwod

    the emperor bade give the summons to war, bade put forth their power(?) ... At once were the Romans prepared,

      90; El. 45.

  • Geceósan swá þrymmes þræce swá þrýstra wræce

    to choose either the power of glory or the misery of darkness,

      Exon. Th. 37, 14; Cri. 593.

  • Oft wé oferségon þeóda þeáwas, þræce módigra

    the power of the proud,

      118, 12; Gú. 238.
in a bad sense,
violence
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  • Oft hí þræce rǽrdon ... feóndscipe rǽrdon ... hálge cwelmdon ... bærndon gecorene,

      Exon. Th. 243, 18; Jul. 12: 262, 16; Jul. 333.
Etymology
[O. Sax. módthraka.]
Similar entries
v. ádl-, æsc-, bǽl-, ecg-, flán-, gár-, gúð-, hild-, holm-, líg-, mód-, wǽpen-, wíg-þracu; þrece.
Linked entries
v.  ge-þracen þrece.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þracu.” 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/31969.

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