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wringan

  • verb [ strong ]
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wringan, p. wrang, pl. wrungon; pp. wrungen
Wright's OE grammar
§498;
To wring,
to twist
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  • Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige,

      Lchdm. ii. 196, 13.
to squeeze out moisture from something
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  • Ic nam ða wínberian and wrang on ðæt fæt

    tuli uvas et expressi in calicem,

      Gen. 40, 11.
  • Genim ðære ylcan wyrte leáf, ðonne heó grénost beó, wyl on wætere, and wring ðæt wós,

      Lchdm. i. 72, 7.
  • Wring ðæt seáw,

    • ii. 110, 26
    • :
    • 240, 8.
  • Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter.

    • Bt. 5,2
    • ;
    • Fox 10, 31.
  • wringen[n]e

    ad exprimendos,

      Hpt. Gl. 468, 32.
[
O. H. Ger. ringan rixari, luctari.
]
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v. á-, ge-wringan.
Linked entries
v.  a-wringan.
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