þrówian

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 suffer, to crucify; nearu \þrówian be in straits

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • 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

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