Prýte

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - prýte

According to the Old English Dictionary:

an;

prýte
f. Pride, haughtiness :-- Of ýdelum gylpe biþ ácenned prýte, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 32. Prýte heáge út áwyr[p]þ elatio excelsos deiect, Scint. 46. Gelíce ðám dwæsan ðe for heora prýtan léwe (sáre, MS. C.), (on account of the infirmity of pride in them) nellaþ beorgan, Wulfst. 165, 9. Se ðe for his prýdan Gode nele hýran ... hé sceal misfaran, 178, 19. Sume men for heora prýtan forhogiaþ ðæt hí hýran godcundan ealdran, L. Eth. vii. 21 ; Th. i. 332. 33. [Þat ece fer þe ham ȝearcod was for hare prede, O. E. Homl. i. 221, 1. Laym. prude, prute : R. Glouc. prute : Ayenb. prede : Icel. prýði ; f. an ornament; also pride, pomp, bravery.]

Related words: preceding word. pryte

Back