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sirwung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sirwung, e ; f.
Plotting, machination, contrivance
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  • Beó áídlod Amanes sirwung ongeán ðám Judéiscum,

      Homl. As. 101, 308.
  • Be hláfordes syrwunge. Gif hwá embe cynincg oððe hláford syrwie

    of plotting against a lord. If any man plot against king or lord,

      L. C. S. 58 ; Th. i. 408, 1.
  • Gif hwá ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh syrwunge (

    with guile,

      Exod. 21, 14), L. Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1, note. Hé
    cýdde his fácenfulle syrewunge, Homl. Th. i. 82, 18.
  • Mid syrewungum hé becom tó ðære cynelícan geþincþe,

      80, 34.
  • God heóld hine wið ðæs deófles syrwungum, ii. 454, 3.
  • Serewungum

    machinamentis,

      Hpt. Gl. 478, 54.
  • Syrwunga

    insidias,

      Hymn. Surt. 47, 26.
  • Samson heora syrwunga undergeat,

      Jud. 16, 3.
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v. searwung.
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v.  searwung.
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