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á-wyrgan

  • verb
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Wright's OE grammar
§530;
to strangle.
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  • Hé (Judas) þonan gangende áwyrgde (mid sáde áwrigde, L.) hine

    abiens laqueo se suspendit,

      Mt. R. 27, 5.
  • Hé forgiet ðæt grin ðæt hé mid áwierged (stranguletur), wirð

      Past. 331, 19.
  • Fugelas and óðre nýtenu þá þe on nette beóð áwyrgede (strangulantur),

      Ll. Th. ii. 162, 18.
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