Ge-martyrian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-martyrian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-martyrian
- Add: (1) to put to death because of religious belief :-- Hí heafdon þone arcb. UNCERTAIN mid him oð þone tíman þe hi hine gemartyredon (cf. God swutelað þæs hálgan martires mihta, 1012 ; P. 143, 4), Chr. 1011; P. 142, ii. Se cásere hió héht gemartyrian. Shrn. 72, 13. Enoh and Elias þurh þone þeódfeónd gemartrode (-martirode, to put to a cruel death, slay an innocent person :-- Ongan Þunor þone cyning biddan ꝥ hé móste þá æþelingas dearnunga ácwellan . . . hé dyde swá hé ǽr gyrnende wæs, and hé hí on niht gemartirode innan ðæs cyninges heáhsetle, Lch. iii. 424, 29. On þysum geáre wearð Eádweard cyning gemartyrad (ofslegen, v.l.), Chr. 97?; P. 122, 16. (3) to inflict suffering on, torture :-- Þá clǽnan þe dæghwámlíce campiað . . . wið unlustas . . . Hí beóð Crístes martyras þurh ðá munuclican drohtnunge, ná ǽne gemartirode, ac oft dígollíce, Hml. A. 36, 295. [O. H. Ger. ge-martirót passus.] ge-martyrian