Definitions
Definitions
1 strengþu
I. add: (1) of physical power :-- Þǽh þe beón on stæencþum hundeahtatig gǽr si autem in potentatibus octoginta anni, Ps. L. 89, 10. (2) of military or political power :-- Swilce eác Scotland hé him underþǽdde for his micele strengþe, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 25. (3) in a moral or spiritual sense :-- Ꝥ wé magan ongytan hwilc his seó circlice strengþ (strencgeoð, ) sý ut quis sit ecclesiasticus vigor agnoscat, Gr. D. 35, 11. II 1. add :-- Hé wæs þǽr áseted, þǽr hit gesewen wæs ꝥ þæs líges mægn and strengð (strencgeo, ) mǽst wæs in eo loco positus est, ubi tota vis flammae videbatur incumbere, Gr. D. 48, 5. (1 a) power to resist strain :-- For ðon þe se ráp gehrán þǽre racenteáge þæs Godes weres þe hé hæfde on him swá myccle strengðe (strenge, ) tó ádreóganne þá byrde quia enim catenam viri Dei funis contigit, ipse quoque ad tolerandam aquam ferri in se fortitudinem traxit, Gr. D. 214, 28.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
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