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ge-nirwan, ge-nirwian.
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  • Genyrwiaþ

    coangustant, arctant,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 15.
of space-relations,
to make narrow, contract
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  • Se arc wæs swá genyrwed ꝥ hé wæs mid ánre fæðme belocen ufewerd arca collecta in cacumen angustum, ita ut cubitus sit longitudinis et latitudinis, Angl. vii. 34, 325. (1 a) with idea of pressure :-- Ne generewe [ofer mé] pytt his múþ

    neque urgeat super me puteus os suum,

      Ps. L. 68, 16.
to press into a small space, crowd
to crowd a person
, give little space to
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  • Se Godes sunu wæs on his gesthúse genyrwed, þæt hé ús rúme wununge on heofonan ríce forgife,

      Hml. Th. i. 36, 1.
to crowd a place,
put too many people into
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  • For ðæs folces geðryle wæs þæt gesthús ðearle genyrwed,

      Hml. Th. i. 34, 34.
of extent or amount,
to diminish, reduce, curtail
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  • Gyf hwá genyrwe ðæt ic Gode geseald hæbbe,

      C. D. v. 331, 5.

  • Wǽron ðrǽlriht generwde and ælmesriht gewanode,

      Wlfst. 158, 15.
to oppress, afflict, trouble in body or mind
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  • Hé genyrwde ðá crístenan,

      Hml. S. 29, 191.

  • Seó wǽdl þǽra andlyfna genyrwde ealle

    omnes alimentorum indigentia coangustabat,

      Gr. D. 145, 6.

  • Geswencendæ ł genyrwiende hig

    coartans eos,

      Ps. L. 34, 5.

  • Genirwed and geenged

    afficiar,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 49.

  • Ꝥ wǽre genyrwed meteléste

    angeretur (i. stringeretur) cibi inopia,

      An. Ox. 4851.

  • Genierwed on his móde

    anxie afflictus corde,

      Past. 231, 21.

  • Ne spræc hé hit nó for ðý ðe his mód áuht genierwed wǽre mid ðǽre uncýððe ðæs síðfætes

    neque Moysi mentem ignorantia itineris angustabat,

      304, 17.

  • Gif hý for þysum gylte genyrwode (

    afflicti

    ) wurðað,
      Ll. Th. ii. 164, 28.
  • Cf. ge-nearwian.
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v.  ge-nyrwian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-nirwan.” 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/49068.

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