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Take here hyrwan, herewian, herian, in Dict., and add:
to feel (and express) contempt for, to despise, scorn
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  • Ealle hié hié swá wundige hyrwað

    omnes ut ulcerosum contemnunt,

    • Verc. Först. 139, 10
      • .

  • Hý nú hyrwað háligra mód, þá þe him tó heofonum hyge staðeliað,

    • Gú. 36
      • .

  • Sume weorþað egeslíce godcundnessa hyrwende,

    • Wlfst. 82, 1
      • .
to speak evilly of.
of mockery, derision, scorn
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  • Man mid hócere góde dǽda hyrweð,

    • Wlfst. 164, 18
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  • Alle ðá geségun mé herwdun (aspernabantur) mé, spreocende wérun mid weolerum,

    • Ps. Srt. 21, 8.
in contrast with herian:
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  • Man eal hyrweð þæt man sceolde herian,

    • Wlfst. 165, 3
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  • Man oft herede þæt man scolde hyrwan, and tó forð hyrwde þæt man scolde herigean,

    • 168, 12
      • :
    • Ll. Th. i. 334, 1
      • .
of calumny, backbiting
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  • Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle ne hyrwe tó swýðe,

    • Wlfst. 70, 15
      • .
to blaspheme, blame
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  • Ná þás gereccende þíne [Dryhten in mé] ic hyrwe gesceafte

    non haec narrans tuam Domine in me blasphemo creaturam,

    • Angl. xi. 118, 58
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  • Golias Godes naman hyrwde,

    • Hml. S. 18, 19
      • .
to show contempt of by action
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  • Ðá brǽc Leófsunu, þurh ðæt wíf ðe hé nam, ðæne cwide, and herewade ðæs arcebiscopes gewitnesse,

    • C. D. vi. 127, 28
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v. un-hirwan; hirwend.
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v.  hyrwan herian herwan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hirwan.” 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/52589.

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