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wirp

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wirp, wierp, es; m.
A throw, a blow with a missile
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  • Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe (wyrpe, v. l.) an ribb forod, ðæt hió siþþan mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne, ac raðe ðæs hió wearð ofslagen

    hic serpens ad unius saxi ictum cessit, ac mox facile oppressus est,

    • Ors. 4, 6
    • ;
    • Swt. 174, 11.
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v. wyrp.
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v.  wyrp werp.
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  • wirp, n.