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ge-wyrdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-wyrdan, -werdan; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.
To hurt, injure; lædere, nocere
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  • Gif hwá on ceáse wíf gewerde [gewyrde, MS. G.]

    if any one in strife hurt a woman,

    • L. Alf. 18
    • ;
    • Th. i. 48, 17
    • .
  • Gif hwá gewerde [gewyrde, MS. G.] óðres monnes wíngeard

    if any one injure another man's vineyard,

    • 26
    • :
    • Th. i. 50, 24
    • .
  • Ne mæg ðǽr rén ne snáw gewyrdan

    neither rain nor snow can there injure,

    • Exon. 56 a
    • ;
    • Th. 199, 1
    • ;
    • Ph. 19
    • .
  • Hæfde hí hungor and þurst heard gewyrded

    esurientes et sitientes,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 4
    • .
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v.  ge-werdan.
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