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þyrelian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þyrelian, þyrlian; p. ode.
to make a hole through, pierce through, perforate
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  • Þirlie his hláford his eáre mid ánum ǽle

    dominus perforabit aurem ejus subula,

    • Ex. 21, 6.
  • Þirlige,

    • Lev. 25, 10.
to make hollow; fig. to make vain
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  • Áídlie ł þyrlie

    obunco (? obunco is glossed by ymbclipe, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 31),

    • Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 66.
  • Þyrliaþ

    cavantur, evacuantur, hol cava,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 62.
Etymology
[He lette þurlen his scheld,
  • A. R. 392, 24
. To þurlin godes side wið speres ord,
  • Jul. 41, 14.
With a spere was thirled his brestboon,
  • Ch. Kn. T. 1852.
To hem þat his herte þirled,
  • Piers P. i. 172.
Thyrlyn (thryllyn) or peercyn penetro, terebro, perforo,
  • Prompt. Parv. 491
.]
Similar entries
v. þurh-þyrelian.
Linked entries
v.  þyrlian.
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