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þweor-tíme

  • adjective
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þweor-tíme, adj.
given to opposition, contentious.
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v. þweorh, II
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  • Ðone réþan, ðe biþ þweortéme, ðú scealt hátan hund, nallas mann

    ferox, atque inquies linguam litigiis exercet? cani comparabis,

    • Bt. 37, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 192, 16.
given to evil, wicked, depraved
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  • And ðeáh ðonne hé ongiete ða scylda ðara ðweortiémena, ðonne geðence hé ðone ealdordóm his onwealdes

    cum pravorum culpa exigit, potestatem sui prioratus agnoscat,

    • Past. 17
    • ;
    • Swt. 107, 12.
  • Ðǽm gódum hé sceal mid wordum stýran and ðǽm þweortýmum mid swingellum

    honestiores animos verbis corripiat, improbos autem verberum castigatione,

    • R. Ben. 13, 20.
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  • þweor-tíme, adj.