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A purple garment

• Constantinus hiene benǽmde ǽgðer ge ðæs onwaldes ge ðære purpuran ðe hé werede,
  Ors. 6, 31 ; Swt. 284, 23.
• Hí scrýddon hine mid purpuran
  induunt eum purpura,
  Mk. Skt. 15, 17.
• Hé gemétte his ágenne sunu mid purpurum gegieredne (
  purpuratus
  ) ... hit næs þeáw ðæt ánig óðer purpuran werede búton cyningum,
  Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 30-35.
• Hiene hét iernan on his ágenum purpurum,
  6, 30; Swt. 280, 12.
• Hié woldon ða onwaldes forlǽtan, and ða purpuran álecgan ða hié weredon
  purpuram imperiumque deponerent,
  Swt. 280, 21.

[Goth. paurpaura : Icel. purpuri. From Latin.]

Bosworth, Joseph. “purpure.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/25405.

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