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wyrgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wyrgan, p. de
To worry (as an animal does), strangle, throttle
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  • Wyrgeþ vel smoraþ

    st[r]angulat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 32.
Etymology
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Wolwes þat wald worow men (the whilke wol a man strangly and destrye, v. l.),
    Pr. C. 1229.
Ilc wirwed lay, als it were dogges þat weren henged,
    Havel. 1921.
Werewed,
    1915
.
A wolf wolde lambes wery,
    R. R. 6267.
Wolues that wyryeþ (wyrhyeþ, v. l.) men,
    Piers P. C. 10, 226.
Wyrwyn, worowen strangulo, suffoco,
    Prompt. Parv. 530.
O. Frs. wergia
:
O. H. Ger. wurgen strangulare, suffocare.
Cf. O. Sax. wurgil a halter
:
O. L. Ger. wurgarín strangulatrix.
]
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v. á-wyrgan.
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