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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-nyrwian

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1 ge-nyrwian

p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od To make narrow, compress, oppress :-- Ic genyrwige co-arto, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 56. Ðíne fýnd dé genyrwaþ inimici tui coangustabunt te, Lk. Bos. 19, 43. Ne genyrwe ofer me pyt múþ his neque urgeat super me puteus os suum, Ps. Spl. 68, 19. Genyrwyd [C], geniered [T] is ofer me gást mín anxiatus est super me spiritus meus, 142, 4. Swá genyrwod so narrowed, Btwk. Scrd. 21, 5. Hearde genyrwad hardly constrained, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 6; Cri. 364. ge-nyrwian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚾᚣᚱᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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