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a-wyrgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-wyrgian, p. -wyrgede; pp. -wyrged, -wyrgd
To curse, execrate, malign; execrari, maledicere, malignari
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  • Ðú awyrgedest his cynegyrdum

    maledixisti sceptris ejus,

    • Cant. Abac. Lamb. 3, 14
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 73, 4
      • .

  • Nelle ic awirgean ða eorþan

    nolo maledicere terræ,

    • Gen. 8, 21
      • .
The perfect participle signifies execrable, wicked, detestable; execrabilis, maledictus, malignus, malignans
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  • Gewítaþ nú, awirgede woruldsorga

    depart now, execrable worldly cares,

    • Bt. 3 ; Fox 4, 25
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  • Gewítaþ ge awyrgede fram me on ðæt éce fýr

    discedite a me maledicti in ignem æternum,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 41
      • :
    • Exon. 30 a ; Th. 93, 2
      • ;
    • Cri. 1520
      • .

  • Of ðam awyrgedan wráðan sweorde

    de gladio maligno,

    • Ps. Th. 143, 11
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  • Seó gegaderung ðara awyrgdra

    consilium malignantium,

    • 21, 14
      • .
  • The devil is called

    Se awyrgda

    the accursed,

    • Cd. 220; Th. 284, 3
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    • Sat. 316
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  • Se awyrgeda gást

    the accursed spirit,

    • Guthl. 7 ; Gdwin. 44, 12
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  • Se awyrgda wulf

    the accursed wolf,

    • Exon. 11 b ; Th. 16, 20
      • ;
    • Cri. 256
      • .
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v. a-wergian.
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v.  a-wygedne a-wyrged.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-wyrgian.” 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/2786.

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