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wrégan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wrégan, (wrecan) ; p. wrégde, wréhte; pp. wreged, wreht
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To bewray, accuse, denounce,
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  • Ne ðú ne wréi

    nec accuses,

      Kent. Gl. 1083.

  • Wíte ł wréce

    imputet,

      Germ. 400, 560.

  • Wroegde defert, meldadun vel wroegdun (roactum.

      Erf.
    )

    defferuniur,

      Txts. 57, 663, 652.

  • Wrégde, wrégdan,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 35, 26.

  • Wrégian

    insimulare.

      81, 7.

  • Ðæs wrégendan

    mussantes,

      58, 34.
to accuse a person
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  • Dysne man ic wrége

    hunc hominem accuse,

    • Ǽlfc. Gr. 7
      • ;
    • Zup. 22, 22.

  • Ic ðé wrége beforan Crystes þrymsetl.

      Shrn. 154, 9.

  • Hié yfel gewitnes ne wrégde,

      Blickl. Homl. 163, 1.

  • Man wrǽgde ðone biscop,

    • Chr. 1069
      • ;
    • Erl. 207, 6.

  • Mid ðý ðe hyne wrégdon ðæra sacerda ealdras

    cum accusaretur a principibus sacerdotum.

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 12
      • :
    • Jn. Skt. 8, 10.

  • Ðæt hí wtéhton hyne

    ut accusarent eum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 12, 10
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 570, 21.

  • Ðé wrég

    te accusa,

      Scint. 165, 1. ,

  • Gif ǽnig mann óðerne wrége and him hwitcne gilt on secge

    si steterit testis mendax contra hominem accusans eum praevaricatiottis,

      Deut. 19, 16.

  • Hit is betre ðæt mon wrége ðone scyldigan,

    • Bt. 38, 7
      • ;
    • Fox 210, 5.

  • Hí águnnon hyne wrégan

    (accusare),

      Lk. Skt. 23, 2.

  • Heó begann hí tó wrǽgenne,

      Homl. Skt. i. 2, 184.

  • Mid micelre wróhte hine wrégende

    bringing a heavy accusation against him,

      Homl. Th. ii. 250, 10.
to accuse a person to (to, wiþ) somebody
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  • Ne wéne ge ðæt ic eów wrége tó fæder(apud paírent). Se is ðe eów wrégð Móyses,

      Jn. Skt. 5, 45.

  • Hié mon wrégde tó dæm cásere,

      Blickl. Homl. 173, 10.

  • Wréhte,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 597.

  • Wrégdon ða óðre cræftigan hý tó ðam cásere,

      Shrn. 146, 20.

  • Hí wrehton ðone cyning tó his bréðer,

      Homl. Th. i. 468, 6.

  • Ðe læs hé wrége ðé tó Drihtene

    ne clamet contra te ad Dominum,

      Deut. 15, 9.

  • Ðeáh ðín wíf ðé hwane tó wrége, ne gelýf ðú ná tó hraðe,

      Prov. Kmbl. 4.

  • Ongan hé hí wrégean tó ðam cyninge,

      Lchdm. iii. 424, 21.

  • Ðíhe ǽhta mid stylre stemne wyllaþ ðé wrégan tó ðínum Drihtne,

      Homl. Th. ii. 410, 21.

  • Hé began ðæt cynn tó wrégenne wið ðone cyning,

      Homl. Ass. 96, 148.
to accuse a person of something
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  • Of ðam ðe gé hine wrégaþ

    ex his in quibus eum accusatis.

      Lk. Skt. 23, 14.

  • Lóca hú mycelum hí ðé wrégeaþ

    nide in quantis te accusani,

      Mk. Skt. 15, 4.

  • Ðá wrégdon hine ða heáhsacerdas on manegum þingum,

      15, 3.
to denounce something to a person
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  • Ða onféng ðære þeóde kyning fulwihte; ðá fóron ða hǽþnan bisceopas and ðæt wrégdon tó ðæs kyninges bréþer,

      Shrn. 120, 34.

  • Ðæt folc wréhton his módignysse tó ðam cásere,

      Homl. Th. i. 478, 17.
[
Mon schal wreien him suluen ine schrifte,
    A. R. 304, 1.
Gif þu wreiest þe seoluen to þine scrifte,
    O. E. Homl.i. 27, 36.
He ne wollde unnshaþiþ wimmann wreþhenn,
    Orm. 2889.
Þair syns sal wreghe þam,
    Pr. C. 5462.
Naȝt him to defendi, ne nenne oþrenne wraye,
    Ayenb. 175, 5.
Fund mann nan þing uppon hemm to wreþenn,
    Orm. 416.
Goth. wróhjan to accuse
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O. Sax. wrógian
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O. Frs. wrógia, wréia
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O. H. Ger. ruogen
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Icel. rægja.
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v. for-, ge-wrégan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wrégan.” 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/36626.

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