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ǽ-wyrp

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a casting away, what is cast away
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  • Ic eom manna hosp and folces ǽwyrp,

      R. Ben. 29, 13.
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abortion
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  • Wíf seó þe tó ǽwyrpe gedó hire geeácnunga

    mulier quae utero con-ceptum excusserit

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      Ll. Th. ii. 154, 15.
Etymology
[Cf. Goth. us-waurpa amissio, rejectio; abortivus: O. H. Ger. á-wérf abjectio; abortivus: Icel. ör-verpi decrepitude; a mis-birth.]
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v.  wyrp.
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