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ge-wríðan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-wríðan, part. -wríðende; p. -wráð, pl. -wriðon; pp. -wriðen
To bind, restrain, tie, tie together; coartare, alligare
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  • Lim gewríðan

    to bind the limb,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 136, 2
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  • Ða myhta to gewrýðenne

    potestatem ligandi,

    • Th. Chart. 334, 7
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  • Engel gewríðende oððe geswencende hig oððe genyrwiende

    angelus coartans eos,

    • Ps. Lamb. 34, 5
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  • Se heora unrótnesse gewríðeþ

    qui alligat contritiones eorum,

    • Ps. Th. 146, 3
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  • Gewríð

    alligat,

    • Ps. Spl. 146, 3
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  • Seó godcundnys gewráð ðone ealdan deófol

    the divinity bound the old devil,

    • Homl. Th. i. 216, 28
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    • ii. 416, 3
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  • Iudas hine sylfne ahéng mid grine and rihtlíce gewráð ða forwyrhtan þrotan

    Judas hung himself with a noose and rightly bound that wicked throat,

    • 250, 15
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  • He his wunda gewráð

    he bound up his wounds,

    • 356, 28
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  • Ðonne gewríð ðú hý

    then bind it,

    • Th. An. 116, 13
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  • Ánra gehwilc manna is gewriðen mid rápum his synna

    every man is bound with the ropes of his sins,

    • Homl. Th. i. 208, 3
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    • 456, 9
      • :
    • 462, 1
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wríðan.” 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/16908.

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