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ge-wyrpan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-wyrpan, p. -wyrpte; pp. -wyrped
To recover; verti, recuperare
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  • Gif se seóca man eft gewurpþ

    if the sick man recovers,

    • L. Ælfc. P. 47
    • :
    • Th. ii. 384, 29
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  • Godwine gesíclode and eft gewyrpte

    Godwin fell sick and got better again,

    • Chr. 1052
    • ;
    • Erl. 186, 13
    • .
  • He eft gewyrpte, and ðam orþe onféng

    he recovered again and got his breath,

    • Guthl. 20
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    • Gdwin. 86, 17
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  • He hyne gewyrpte, ðeáh ðe him wund hrine

    he recovered though the wound had touched him,

    • Beo. Th. 5944
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    • B. 2976
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  • He ðá befrán on hwilcere tíde he gewyrpte

    he then enquired at what hour he recovered,

    • Homl. Th. i. 128, 12
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  • Sóna ðæt him bet wæs, and gewyrpte fram ðære untrumnysse

    melius habere cœpit, et convalescens ab infirmitate,

    • Bd. 3, 13
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    • S. 539, 7
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