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drohtnung

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drohtnung, Dele 'in great renown' l. 10,
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  • Þæt þú fare tó wéstene þǽr ðǽr nánes mannes drohtnung nis (

    where nobody lives

    ),
      Hml. Th. i. 466, 32.

  • Drohtnunge

    religionis, i. conversationis,

      An. Ox. 2567.

  • Se gewuna þisse hálgan drohtnunge (

    conversationis

    ),
      R. Ben. 5, 18.

  • Angin gódre drohtnunge,

      132, 16.

  • Mid godre drohtnunga Godes ríce geearnian,

      Hml. S. 28, 122.

  • Hé wæs mǽres lífes man on munuclícre drohtnunge,

      26, 54.

  • Ióhannes heóld þá clǽnnysse ... on micelre drohtnung (

    living an excellent life

    ),
      Hml. A. 14, 23: 16, 64.

  • Hlísful þurh his drohtnunga,

      195, 16.

  • Hwæt wille gé mé syllan, gyf ic ámyrre þisne wéstensetlan and álecge his miclan drohtnunga?,

      196, 23.

  • Hé ástealde þá stíðan drohtnunge

    he founded the ascetic life,

      Hml. S. 16, 99.
Etymology
[Se hálge wær férde tó his wæterseáðe and þǽr his drohtnunge and his salmsanges on þan wætere hnacoden leomen ádreáh swá his gewune wæs ... Hé nolde ꝥ his drohtnung ǽnigen eorðlice mæn cúð wurðe on his líf, Shrn. 14, 5-11.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “drohtnung.” 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/42975.

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