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wirp

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wirp, e; f.
A change for the better, recovery from sickness, improvement in circumstances
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  • Hé tilaþ ðæs gewundedan werpe ðe hé bewitan sceal

    vulnerati sui, cui medicamentum adhibet, vitam servat ,

    • Past. 62
      • ;
    • Swt. 457, 16.

  • Lege on lǽcedómas ða ðe út teón ða yfelan wǽtan, ðonne biþ ðǽr wyrpe wén

    hope of recovery,

      Lchdm. ii. 46, 27.

  • Gé frófre ne wénaþ, ðæt gé wræcsíða wyrpe gebíden

    ye look not for comfort, that ye may live to see redemption from exile,

    • Exon. Th. 132, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 480.

  • Gé sceolon dreógan deáþ and þýstro, nǽfre gé ðæs wyrpe gebídaþ

    never will that lot be bettered,

    • 140, 11
      • ;
    • Gú. 608.

  • Se mon ne þearf tó ðisse worulde wyrpe gehycgan

    man need not look to this life to mend his lot,

    • 105, 5
      • ;
    • Gú. 18.

  • Is ðæt bearn cymen tó wyrpe weorcum Ebréa

    the child is come to alleviate the afflictions of the Hebrews,

    • 5, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 67.

  • Se Waldend him (the blind man) mæg wyrpe syllan, hǽlo on heáfodgimme (of heofodgimme,

      MS.
    )

      3
    • 36, 5
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 43.

  • Se snotera bád hwæþre him Alwalda ǽfre wille æfter weáspelle wyrpe gefremman

    make his lot better,

    • Beo. Th. 2635
      • ;
    • B. 1315.
      • v. next word.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wirp.” 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/36018.

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