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wreþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wreþian, p.ede; pp. ed
To prop, stay, support, sustain
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  • Wreþeþ

    fitlcit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 28.
  • Wreðeð (-ed?)

    nisa,

      61, 59.
  • Heora ǽlc winð wiþ óþer, and þeáh wræþeþ óþer, ðæt hié ne móton tóslúpan,

    • Bt. 21
    • ;
    • Fox 74, 11.
  • Hiora ǽghwilc wið óþer winð, and þeáh winnende wreþiaþ fæste ǽghwilc óþer,

      Met. ll, 34.
  • Se ðe rodor áhóf and gefæstnode folmum sínum, worhte and wreðede,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1045
    • ;
    • An. 523.
  • Cypressus styde hié útan wreþedon

    nitebant[ur] testudinibus cupressinis,

      Nar. 5, 9.
  • Wreþian

    fulcire,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 68.
  • Gif ðǽr sié gierd mid tó ðreágeanne, sié ðǽr eác stæf mid tó wreðianne

    si est districtio virgae, quae feriat, sit et consolatio baculi, quae susieníet,

    • Past. 17
    • ;
    • Swt. 127, 2.
  • His ða untruman limo mid his cricce wreðiende

    imbecilles artus baculo sustentans,

    • Bd. 4, 31
    • ;
    • S. 610, 28.
  • Biþ seó módor wundrum wreþed,

    • Exon. Th. 492, 15
    • ;
    • Rä. 81, 16.
Etymology
[
Euerichon wreoðeð him bi oðer,
    A. R. 252, 13.
Alle þeos writeres writes ꝥ ȝe wreoðiei ow on,
    Kath. 857.
O. Sax. wreðian to prop, stay, support.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-, under-wreþian; wraþu.
Linked entries
v.  wræpian.
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