geþrówian

geþrówian
wv/t2 to suffer

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • þrówian — þrówian1 wv/t2 to endure, suffer, die; to suffer as opposed to act; to suffer what is painful: (1) w.a.; (2) without acc. to suffer martyrdom; to suffer for something, pay for, atone for; sympathize; past part as causative + wesan, to make to… …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • efenþrówian — wv/t2 to compassionate, commiserate, sympathize, to suffer together …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • áþrówian — wv/t2 to suffer …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • nearu — 1. 2 f? ( e/ a), n? ( wes/ ) strait, danger, distress, difficulty; nearu þrówian to be in straits; confinement, durance, imprisonment; prison, hiding place; 2. adj narrow, strait, confined, constricted, not spacious, limited, petty; narrow,… …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • þréowian — see þrówian …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • suffer — early 13c., to be made to undergo, endure (pain, death, punishment, judgment, grief), from Anglo Fr. suffrir, from O.Fr. sufrir, from V.L. *sufferire, variant of L. sufferre to bear, undergo, endure, carry or put under, from sub up, under (see… …   Etymology dictionary

  • throe — c.1200, throwe pain, pang of childbirth, agony of death, possibly from O.E. þrawan twist, turn, writhe (see THROW (Cf. throw)), or altered from O.E. þrea (gen. þrawe) affliction, pang, evil, threat (related to þrowian to suffer ), from P.Gmc.… …   Etymology dictionary

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