Þyrre
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - þyrre
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- þyrre
- adj. I. dry, lacking water :-- On þyrran mæræ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. II. lacking sap or moisture :-- Þornas þyre (þyrre? but cf. O. L. Ger. thiori holt), Ps. Th. 117, 12. III. as a medical term, dry :-- Hine dreceþ þyrre hwósta, Lchdm. ii. 264, 13. Eallum þyrrum líchomum hǽmedþing ne dugon ac swíþost þyrrum and cealdum; ne dereþ hit hátum and wǽtum, 222, 28-30. [Goth. þaursus dry, withered: O. H. Ger. durri aridus, siccus, torridus: Icel. þurr: O. L. Ger. thurritha dryness.] þyrre