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Tír

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1 tír

m. Glory, honour :-- Eów ys wuldorblǽd torhtlíc tóweard and tír gifeþe, Judth. Thw. 23, 35; Jud. 157. Tír æt getohte, Byrht. Th. 134, 54; By. 104. Nis hér (in hell) eádiges tír ne worulde dreám, Cd. Th. 270, 20; Sat. 93. Ne biþ hira (two twins) tír gelíc, Salm. Kmbl. 730; Sal. 364: Exon. Th. 448, 11; Dóm. 52. Biþ týr scæcen, eorþan blǽdas, 447, 27; Dóm. 45. Tíres Wealdend (cf. wuldres Waldend, Cd. Th. 216, 27; Dan. 13) the Deity, Ps. Th. 79, 14. Tíres brytta, Judth. Thw. 22, 36; Jud. 93. Ðæt hý móstun tíres blǽd écne ágan, Exon. Th. 74, 27; Cri. 1212: Andr. Kmbl. 210; An. 105. Tíres eádige abounding in glory; reges, Ps. Th. 71, 10: Cd. Th. 91, 15; Gen. 1512: Judth. Thw. 25, 22; Jud. 272. Tíres tó tácne in token of glory gained, Beo. Th. 3312; B. 1654. Hé benam his feónd torhte tíre, Cd. Th. 4, 23; Gen. 58. Is ðæs wuldres ful heofun and eorðe, and eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod, Elen. Kmbl. 1504; El. 754. Hwonne ús líffreá ðæt týdre gewitt tíre bewinde, Exon. Th. 3, 1; Cri. 29. Dryhten dǽleþ sumum gúþe blǽd, sumum wyrp oððe scyte, torhtlícne tiir, 331, 18; Vy. 70. Ðé tír cyning and miht forgef, Andr. Kmbl. 970; An. 485. Hér Æþelstán cyning and his bróþor ealdorlangne tír (týr, one MS.) geslógon æt sæcce, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 3. Gé dóm ágon, tír æt tohtan, Judth. Thw. 24, 19; Jud. 197. Æsca tír æt gúðe, Cd. Th. 127, 10; Gen. 2108. Hé mé tír forgeaf, wígspéd wið wráðum, Elen. Kmbl. 328; El. 164. Ða (friends) hyra týr and eád ýcaþ, Exon. Th. 409, 3; Rä. 27, 23. Ðú tírum fæst niða Nergend thou Saviour of men, gloriously firm, Cd. Th. 235, 27; Dan. 312: Exon. Th. 354, 7; Reim. 42. [Þa kingges weoren deædde, heore duȝeðe todealde, here tir wes atfallen, Laym. 4237. O. Sax. tír; see too tírlíce gloriously: Icel. tírr. Cf. (?) O. H. Ger. ziarí decus.] and words in which tír is the first component. tir
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An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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