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þorfend

  • noun [ masculine ]
  • adjective
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þorfend, es; m.: þorfende; adj.
(ptcpl.) used substantively. A needy person, a poor person
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  • Wæs sum ðærfe ł ðo[r]fond (

    mendicus) ... wæs deád se ðorfendo (mendicus ),

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 20, 22.
  • Ofer armne and ðorfend

    super egenum et pauperem,

      Rtl. 175, 33.
  • Ðorfendo

    pauperes,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 7.
  • Eádgo ða ðorfendo

    beati pauperes,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 20.
  • Ic sello ðorfendum

    do pauperibus,

      19, 8: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 5.
  • Ðorfendum ł næfigum (ðarfendum, Rush.)

    egenis,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 5.
  • Cf. þearfende, and see preceding and following words.
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  • þorfend, n.; adj.