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ge-martyrian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to put to death because of religious belief
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  • Hí heafdon þone arcb. mid him oð þone tíman þe hi hine gemartyredon (cf. God swutelað þæs hálgan martires mihta, 1012 ; P. 143, 4),

      Chr. 1011; P. 142, ii. Se
    cásere hió héht gemartyrian. Shrn. 72, 13.

  • Enoh and Elias þurh þone þeódfeónd gemartrode (-martirode, v.l.) weorðaþ, þe God sylfa fela hund wintra geheóld,

      Wlfst. 85, 19.
to put to a cruel death, slay an innocent person
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  • Ongan Þunor þone cyning biddan ꝥ hé móste þá æþelingas dearnunga ácwellan . . . hé dyde swá hé ǽr gyrnende wæs, and hé hí on niht gemartirode innan ðæs cyninges heáhsetle,

      Lch. iii. 424, 29.

  • On þysum geáre wearð Eádweard cyning gemartyrad (ofslegen,

    v.l.),

      Chr. 97?; P. 122, 16.
to inflict suffering on, torture
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  • Þá clǽnan þe dæghwámlíce campiað . . . wið unlustas . . . Hí beóð Crístes martyras þurh ðá munuclican drohtnunge, ná ǽne gemartirode, ac oft dígollíce,

      Hml. A. 36, 295.
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[O. H. Ger. ge-martirót passus.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-martyrian.” 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/48839.

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