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wirgþu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wirgþu, (-o); indecl.: wirgþ, e; f.
condemnation, curse, punishment
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  • Gé wergdon ðane ðe eów of wergðe lýsan þóhte . . . eów seó wergðu for ðan sceððeþ scyldfullum,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 588-619
    • ;
    • El. 294-310.
  • Wergðu dreógan

    to be damned,

    • 422
    • ;
    • El. 211: 1901
    • ;
    • El. 952.
  • Werhðo dreógan

    • Beo. Th. 1182
    • ;
    • B. 589.
  • Hý grim helle fýr, gearo tó wíte, seóð, on ðam hí áwo sculon wærgðu dreógan,

    • Exon. Th. 78, 11
    • ;
    • Cri. 1272.
  • Wergðu wyrcean

    to afflict, hurt,

      Ps. Th. 108, 17.
  • Ne sceolon gé on míne wítegan wergðe settan

    in prophetis meis nolite malignari,

      104, 13.
  • Ic hine wergðo on míne sette

    my curse shall be upon him,

    • Cd. Th. 105, 19
    • ;
    • Gen. 1755.
  • Is Euan scyld eal forpynded, wærgða áworpen,

    • Exon. Th. 7, 8
    • ;
    • Cri. 98.
evil, wickedness
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  • Ðé firina gehwylc feor ábúgeþ, wærgðo and gewinnes,

    • Exon. Th. 4, 23
    • ;
    • Cri. 57.
cursing; maledictio
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  • Hé hine gegyrede mid wyrgðu

    induit se maledictionem,

      Ps. Th. 108, 18.
Etymology
[
Goth. wargiþa condemnation.
]
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v.  wergþu wærgþu wyrgþu.
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  • wirgþu, n.