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wirgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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wirgan, wirigan, wirian; p. de, ede.
to curse; maledicere
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  • Ic wyrge

    devoto,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 79.

  • Ic wyrge (wyrige,v. l.)

    maledico,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 37
      • ;
    • Zup. 222, 4.

  • Riht ðú dést, gif ðú ealle ðíne cild wyrigst . . . wyrig hí ealle,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 30
      • ,
    • 10-14
      • .

  • Se ðe his hwǽte hýt, hiene wiergð ðæt folc, (maledicetur in populis),

    • Past. 49
      • ;
    • Swt. 376, 13.

  • Gif mé mín feónd wyrgeþ (wyrigde,

      Ps. Spl.
    )

    si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi,

      Ps. Th. 54, 11.

  • Se ðe wyrigð (woerges,

      Lind.
    : wærge,
      Rush.
    ) hys fæder,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 15, 4
      • ;
    • Homl. Th. ii. 36, 10.

  • Hé ðé on ansýne wyrigd

    he will curse thee to thy face,

      448, 33.

  • Se man ðe wirigð Drihtnes naman

    qui blasphemaverit nomen Domini,

      Lev. 24, 16.

  • Wergiaþ hig and ðú bletsast,

      Ps. Lamb. 108, 28.

  • Ða ðe hine wyrgeaþ (ða wirgendan,

      Ps. Lamb.
    )

    maledicentes illum,

      Ps. Th. 36, 21.

  • Bletsiaþ ða ðe eów wyrgeaþ (wiriaþ, v. l.: ðǽm woergendum,

      Lind.
    )

      Lk. Skt. 6, 28.

  • Wyrigeaþ (wyriaþ, v. l.: wærgaþ,

      Rush.
    )

      Mt. Kmbl. 5, 11.

  • Ðæt fictreów ðe ðú wyrgdyst (wyrigdest,v. l.)

      Mk. Skt. 11, 21.

  • Ðæt ðú míne fýnd wirigdest,

      Num. 23, 11.

  • Wyrgde

    devotaret,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 29
      • ;
    • 96, 57.

  • Wirigde

    maledixisset,

      Lev. 24, 11.

  • Wyrigde,

      Homl. Th. ii. 326, 15.

  • Gé wergdon ðane ðe eów of wergðe lýsan þóhte,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 588
      • ;
    • El. 294.

  • Mid heora heortan hig wergdon (wyrgedan,

      Ps. Th.
    ; wyrigdon,
      Ps. Spl.
    ),

      Ps. Lamb. 61, 4.

  • Unárímedlíca mengeo wyrgdon ðone cásere,

      Blickl. Homl. 191, 10.

  • Wyrgdan

    devotabant,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 48
      • ;
    • 80, 53.

  • Ðone hláford ðæs folces ne wyrg (werig, v. l.: wirig,

      Ex. 22, 28
    ) ðú,

    • L. Alf. 37
      • ;
    • Th. i. 52, 30.

  • Wyrig God and swelt,

      Homl. Th. ii. 452, 30.

  • Ðone hláford ðæs folces ne werge ðú,

    • L. Alf. 37
      • ;
    • Th. i. 52, 30.

  • Ðæt ðú hig wirige,

      Num. 23, 27.

  • Se ðe werge (wyrge, wyrie, v. ll.)

    • L. Alf. 15
      • ;
    • Th. i. 48, 8.

  • Wirige,

      Gen. 27, 29.

  • Ealle ðe mé wordum wyrigen,

      Ps. Th. 54, 12.

  • Hé Israhéla folc wiergean (wirgean,

      Hatt. MS.
    ) wolde,

    • Past. 36
      • ;
    • Swt. 256, 17.

  • Ongan hé his selfes bearn wordum wyrgean,

    • Cd. Th. 96, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 1594.

  • Bletsian and wyrian,

      Homl. Th. ii. 36, 7: 326, 10.

  • Wergendi

    devotaturus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 78.

  • Wiergende,

      89, 9.

  • Wyrgende,

      27, 4.

  • He cóme má wítgiende ðonne wyrgende,

      Ps. Th. 34, arg.

  • Bið wereged,

    maledicetur,

      Kent. Gl. 382.

  • Ða ðe be gewyrhtum wyrgede wǽron for heora árleásnesse

    hi qui merito impietatis suae maledicebantur,

    • Bd. 4, 26
      • ;
    • S. 602, 12.
to do evil
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  • Nylle ðú onhyrgan ðæt ðú wyrge. For ðam ða ðe wyrgaþ beóþ geteorode

    noli aemulari ut maligneris. Quoniam qui malignantur exterminabuntur,

      Ps. Spl. 36, 8-9.

  • In wítgum mínum nyllaþ wergan, (wirigan,

      Ps. Spl.
    : wyrian ł yfel wilnian,
      Ps. Lamb
    )

    in profetis meis nolite malignari,

      Ps. Surt. 104, 15.
Etymology
[
Ȝif he his feder werieð,
    O. E. Homl. i. 109, 27.
Þe weregede gastes,
    239, 9.
An wereged gost, ꝥ is þe deuel,
    Rel. Ant. i. 131, 25.
With þair her þai weried,
    Ps. 61, 5.
Ge ne schulen ne warien ne swerien,
    A. R. 70, 20.
Euch waried weoued,
  • Kath. 201
    • :
  • Gen. and Ex. 544.
Þai ealle wery þe tyme þat þai war wroght,
    Pr. C. 7422.
Corozaym God weried,
    4202.
Curse or warie,
    Wickl. Rom. 12, 14.
This sowdanesse, whom I thus blame and warye,
    Chauc. M. of L. T. 372.
Waryyn̄ or cursyn̄ imprecor, maledico, execror,
    Prompt. Parv. 516, and see note 5.
Goth. ga-wargjan to condemn;
O. H. Ger. far-wergen maledicere
Cf. O. Sax. gi-waragean to punish a criminal.
]
Similar entries
v. á-,ge- wirgan; wirged, wirgend, wirgende.
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v.  wergan wergian werigan wiergan wærgan wirgend wirgness wirian wyrgan wyrian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wirgan.” 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/35997.

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