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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wrégan

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1 ge-wrégan

p. -wrégde; pp. -wréged, -wréht [wrégan to accuse]. I. to accuse; accūsāre :-- Ða þwyran hǽðengyldan ðone apostol to ðam cyninge gewrégdon the perverse idolaters accused the apostle to the king, Homl. Th. i. 470, 6: Gen. 37, 2. Ðæt hí hine gewrégdon ut accūsārent illum, Mk. Bos. 3, 2. Secgaþ wyrdwríteras ðæt Herodes wearþ gewréged to ðam Rómániscan cásere historians say that Herod was accused to the Roman emperor, Homl. Th. i. 80, 6. Gytsung is gewréht wið God covetousness is accused before God, 256, 22. II. to stir rip. excite, impel; concĭtāre :-- Gifen biþ gewréged the sea is impelled, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 29; Rä. 3, 3. ge-wregan
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Runic Inscription

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ᚷᛖ-ᚹᚱᛖᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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