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wirsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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wirsian, p. ode
To get worse
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  • Hit fareþ yfele ealles tó wíde. Swá swýðe hit wyrsaþ, ðæt ðæs hádes men, ðe hwýlum wǽron nyttoste, ða syndon nú unnyttaste,

    • L. I. P. 14
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 322, 18.
  • And aa hit wyrsode mid mannan swíðor and swíðor,

    • Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 23.
  • Wyrsadon

    deterioraverunt,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 37.
  • Folclaga wyrsedan ealles tó swýðe,

      Wulfst. 158, 6.
  • Hé sceolde beón áscyred fram manna neáwiste, gif his hreófla wyrsigende wǽre,

      Homl. Th. i. 124, 26.
  • Þet his licome, ðe feble wes, ne sceolde noht wursien,

      O. E. Homl. i. 47, 26.
  • Þe wunde þet euer wurseð,

      A. R. 326, 23.
  • Þenne wursede (wersede,

      2nd MS.
    ) ich on crafte,

      Laym. 18931.
  • Werihede þet makeþ þane man worsi,

      Ayenb. 33, 18.
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  • wirsian, v.