wirgung
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
Cursing, a curse
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Uae getácnaþ hwílon wyrigunge (wyriunge, v. l.) . . . On wyrigunge: Uae tibi sit wá ðé sí,
- Ælfc. Gr. 48 ;
- Zup. 278, 12-16.
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Wyrgendras, ðæra múð bið mid wyrigunge (wyriunge, v. l.) áfylled,
- Homl. Skt. i. 17, 43.
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Hé fordéð his sáwle mid ðære mánfullan wyriunge . . . Úre tunge is gesceapen tó Godes herungum, ná tó deófollícum wyriungum
- Homl. Th. ii. 36, 3-6.
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Wyrgunge
maledictionem,
- Ps. Lamb. 108, 18.
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Heó wolde ðone sunu ðe hí getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan,
- Homl. Th. ii. 30, 6.
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Tǽlincga oððe wærginga hit getácnaþ,
- Lchdm. iii. 214, 16.
Etymology
Ne wrec þu þe mid wussinge ne mid warienge,
- O. E. Homl. ii. 179, 23.
Wariunge,
- A. R. 200, 28.
War*-*ryynge malediccio, imprecacio,
]- Prompt. Parv. 516, and see note.
Linked entries
v.
wergung.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “wirgung.” 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/36006.
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