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ge-þrowian

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absolute, to suffer; in a special sense,
to suffer martyrdom, die
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  • Ðonne forwyrð ðín bróður, for ðone Críst geðrowade (

    propter quem Christus mortuus est

    ),
      Past. 451, 34; Jul. 448.
  • Geðrouende hine foresǽgde

    passurum se praenuntians,

      Mt. p. 17, 17.
  • Geðrowod under ðám Pontiscan Pilate, on róde áhangen, Hml. Th. ii. 596, 15. ¶ geþrowod

    crucified

    :-- Ðone geðrowodan
      Críst, Hml. Th. ii. 292, 13.
with acc.
to suffer what is painful
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  • Hé geðrowade martyrdóm,

      Shrn. 71, 31.
  • Geþrowade lífes látteów láðlic wíte,

      El. 519.
  • Feolo geðrouia (giðrowiga, R.)

    multa pati,

      Lk. L. 17, 25.
  • Geðroued in líchoma alle

    passus in carne omnia,

      Mt. p. 13, 2.
to suffer for, atone for, expiate
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  • Gif wé ðás gyltas sylfwilles on andwerdam lífe ne gebétað, wé sceolon neádunge on þám wítniendlicum fýre hí geðrowian,

      Hml. Th. ii. 590, 31.
to sympathize; conpati
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  • Sé ðe ne mægi giðrouia untrymnissum úsum qui non possit conpati infirmitatibus nostris, Rtl. 91, 5. III a. to sympathize with, be patient or in harmony with (?) :-- Ǽlc gesceaft is sibsumlíce gebunden mid þínum bebode, swá ꝥ heora nán óþres mearce ne ofereóde, and se cyle geþrowode wiþ ðá hǽto and ꝥ wǽt wiþ ðám drýgum

    tu numeris elementa ligas, ut frigora flammis, arida conveniant liquidis,

      Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 33. (v. ge-þweorod.)
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