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Wyrgan

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1 wyrgan

p. de To worry (as an animal does), strangle, throttle :-- Wyrgeþ vel smoraþ st[r]angulat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 32. [Wolwes þat wald worow men (the whilke wol a man strangly and destrye, ), Pr. C. 1229. Ilc wirwed lay, als it were dogges þat weren henged, Havel. 1921. Werewed, 1915. A wolf wolde lambes wery, R. R. 6267. Wolues that wyryeþ (wyrhyeþ, ) men, Piers P. C. 10, 226. Wyrwyn, worowen strangulo, suffoco, Prompt. ParO. Frs. wergia : O. H. Ger. wurgen strangulare, suffocare. Cf. O. Sax. wurgil a halter : O. L. Ger. wurgarín strangulatrix.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚣᚱᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

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Ger.
German
L.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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