Wridian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wridian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: wríþian; Related words: á-, ge-wrídian,

Definitions

1 wridian

p. ode To put forth shoots, be productive, grow, flourish :-- JJúfaþ and wrídaþ frutescit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 13. (1) literal, of vegetable growen :-- Se aeþela feld wrídaþ, wynnum geblówen, Exon. Th. 199, 17; Ph. 27. On ðære eá ófre stód hreód and þíntreow and abies ðæt treówcyn ungemetlícre grýto and micelnysse ðý clife weóx and wrídode (wríðode, Cockayne; but see Anglia i. 509) cujus ripas pedum sexagenum harundo uestiebat pinorum abietumque robora uincens grossitudine. Nar. 8, 22. (2) figurative, of growen in things abstract or concrete :-- Hé wrrídaþ on wynnum, ðæt hé bið wæstmum gelíc ealdum earne, and æfter ðon feþrum gefrsetwad, swylc hé æt frymðe wæs, beorht geblówen reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, et Phoenix ruptis pullulat exuviis, Exon. Th. 214, 10; Ph. 237. Mín hyge blissaþ, wynnum wrídaþ my mind rejoices, blossoms with joyous thoughts, Andr. Kmbl. 1269; An. 635. Him oninnan oferhygda dǽl weaxeþ and wrídaþ, Beo. Th. 3486; B. 1741. Mán wrídode geond beorna breóst. Andr. Kmbl. 1534; An. 768. Weóx ðá and wríðode mǽgburg Semes, Cd. Th. 102, 19; Gen. 1702. Ne sceal unc betweónan teónan weaxan, wróht wridian, 114, 12; Gen. 1963, and two preceding words. wridian

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