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tirgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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tirgan, tirwian, tirigan, tirian; p. tirgde, tirwede, tirigde
To vex, irritate, provoke, exasperate
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  • Ic tyrige

    lacesso,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1;
    • Zup. 165, 12.
  • Tirhþ

    inridet,

    • Kent. Gl. 508.
  • Tyrweþ

    improperabit,

    • Ps. Lamb. 73, 10
    • .
  • Ða tredaþ ðec and tergaþ, and hyra torn wrecaþ,

    • Exon.Th. 119, 23;
    • Gú. 259.
  • Ða ðe tyrwiaþ

    qui exasperant,

    • Ps. Lamb. 65, 7
    • :
    • 67, 7.
  • tyride

    exacerbavit, i. provocavit, adflixit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 56.
  • Tyrgide

    exacerbavit,

    • Hpt. Gl. 527, 51.
  • Ðæt wíf cwæð, ðæt heó wolde ðone sunu ðe hí tirigde awyrian,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 30, 9.
  • tyrgdon(tyrigdon, Ps. Spl. 104, 26)

    exacerbaverunt,

    • Blickl. Gl.
  • Mé weras wordum tyrgdon,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1926;
    • An. 965.
  • tyrgdon God mid gramlícum weorcum,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 18, 52.
  • Tyrwedon, tyrwadon ł gremedon, tyrwodan

    exacerbaverunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 77, 40, 41, 56.
  • Hig mé tirigdon

    ipsi me provocaverunt,

    • Deut. 32, 21.
  • Hí hine mid heora wordum tirigdon,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 454, 17.
  • Earme ne tyrewiaþ

    vex not the poor,

    • Wulfst. 50, 2.
  • Ǽnig man óðerne ne tyrie ne ne týne,

    • 70, 8.
  • Ðæt hí elðeódige menn ne tyrian ne ne týnan,

    • 309, 4.
  • Hé ðás leóde mid here and mid ungylde tyrwigende wæs,

    • Chr. 1100;
    • Erl. 236, 2,

    Mǽgþ tyrwiende

    generatio exasperans,

    • Ps. Lamb. 77, 8.
  • Tirgen

    to get weary,

    • Misc. 12, 362.
  • Tarien

    to fatigue,

    • Chauc.
  • Terren to wraþþe

    provocare ad iram,

    • Wick. Deut. 4, 25.
  • Terwyn̄ or make wery

    lasso, fatigo,

    terwyd

    lassatus, fatigatus,

    • Prompt. Parv. 489.
Etymology
[
O. Du. tergen to vex
:
Dan. tærge to exasperate, irritate
:
Ger. zergen
.]
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v. ge-tirgan.
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v.  tergan tirian tirwian tyrgan tyrian tyrwian.
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