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hyrwan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hyrwan, hyrwian; p. de, ede
To speak ill or contemptuously of any one, blaspheme, despise, condemn, treat ill, oppress, vex, harass
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  • Óðerne herweþ

    alterum contemnet,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 24.

  • Ða earman ðe nú Godes bebodu hyrwiaþ beóþ cwylmede

    the miserable men that now despise God's commandments shall be tormented,

    • L. E. I; Th. ii. 396, 36
      • .

  • Ðú heruwdest Godes bebodu,

    • Blickl. Homl. 49, 36.

  • Hé hyrwde godes naman and wirigde hine

    cum blasphemasset nomen et maledixisset ei,

    • Lev. 24, 11
      • .

  • Ðá hyrwdon hí ealle hine

    omnes condemnaverunt eum,

    • Mk. Skt. 14, 64.

  • Hié hyrwdon ðé

    they despised thee,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 710
      • ;
    • El. 355.

  • Gé gewritu herwdon

    ye despised the scriptures,

    • 774
      • :
    • El. 387.

  • Ne hyrw ðú úre godas

    blaspheme not our gods,

    • Homl. Th. i. 424, 13
      • .

  • Ne hyrwe gé útancymenne man

    non exprobretis advenæ,

    • Lev. 19, 33.

  • Sceal wís cyning cristendóm miclian and mǽrsian and á hé sceal hǽðendóm hindrian and hyrwan

    a wise king must extend and magnify christianity, and ever must he hinder and harass heathendom,

    • L. I. P. 2
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 306, 7.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. harwian exasperare, Grff. iv. 1043.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-hyrwan.
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v.  herwan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hyrwan.” 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/20388.

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