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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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Bosworth, Joseph. “wirsian.” 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/36025.

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