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torn

  • adjective
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torn, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§335;
Causing violent emotions of grief or anger, grievous, distressing, bitter
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  • Hí him ermþu gehéton tornum teóncwidum

    they threatened him with misery in grievous words of insult,

      Exon. Th. 129, 10; Gú. 419.
  • Ic sceal godscyld wrecan, torne teóncwide (

    grievous blasphemies

    ), ðe ðu tǽlnissum wiþ ða sélestan sacan ongunne,
      254, 30; Jul. 205.
  • Hí mé dǽdun (-m, MS.) torne télnysse, teónan mænige

    detrahebant mihi,

      Ps. Th. 108, 3.
  • Ðæt wæs Hróðgáre hreówa tornost

    it was to Hrothgar the bitterest grief,

      Beo. Th. 4265; B. 2129.
Etymology
[O. Sax. torn bitter (tear).]
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v. torne, torn-líc.
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