Of-þrycness

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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of-þrycness

f. Oppression, repression :-- Swā þrycce se magister ða belde on ðæm oferbliðum ðæt ðǽr ne weaxe on him sió ofþrycnes ðæs eges ðe cymþ of ðæs yflan blódes flównesse sic in illo reprimatur repente oborta praecipitatio, ut non convalescat impressa ex conspersione formido, Past. 61, 1; Swt. 455, 22. Seó Súþ-Seaxna mǽgþ for ðære grimman feónda ofþrycnesse ágenne biscop habban ne mihte the people of Sussex on account of the cruel oppression of their foes could not have a bishop of their own, Bd. 4, 13 tit. ; S. 581, 38. of-þrycness