Ge-wirdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wirdan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: l.

Definitions

1 ge-wirdan

to injure, spoil. Take here ge-wyrdan in Dict., and add:--Eác hylpð gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð (turns the milk), Lch. ii. 218, 24. Ðý lǽs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden ðe hié sceoldon mid ðæt unhále áweg aceorfan dum per hoc in se sana perimunt, per quod salubriter abscindere sauciata debuerunt, Past. 365, 12. Sió scearpnes bið gewird (-wierd, ) ðæs æpples acies pupillae vitiatur, 69, 3. Gif meoloc sié gewerd (cf. áwyrd, 340, 23), Lch. ii. 312, 27.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛁᚱᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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