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gewrixlian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Substitute:
to change. Cf. ge-wrixl;
to alter the character of
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  • Ðǽm ána ðá ðóht geségon geuixla gémendum

    his tantum quae sensum videbantur mutare correctis,

      Mt. p. 2, 17.
to transfer the possession of
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  • Nis ná álýfed ꝥ þæs mynstres hláford sylle þǽre cyrcean land tó óþre cyrcean; gif hé þonne hwylc land wylle gewrixlian (

    commutare

    ), dó hé ꝥ mid geþeahte bégra þǽra híréda,
      Ll. Th. ii. 236, 17.
where there is exchange in the form of requital for what is done. Cf. gewrixl; II, II a.
to give in requital
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  • Hé forgeaf éce dreámas, bið him heofonríce ágiefen; swá sceal gewrixled þám þe wel heóldon Meotudes willan,

      Cri. 1261.
to get in requital
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  • Ne hé ne giéme hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexle (-wrixle,

    v. l.) ne impensae gratiae vicissitudinem requirant,

      Past. 323, 18.

  • Fýnd ongeáton þæt hié hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím þurh heora miclan mód,

      Gen. 335.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gewrixlian.” 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/50600.

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