A-wǽgan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - a-wǽgan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

a-wǽgan
p. de; pp. ed; eludere, frustrari, irritum facere :-- Ðæt is sóþ ðæt ðú ǽr awǽgdest that is true which thou before didst frustrate, Homl. Th. ii. 418, 58. Ǽr awǽged síe worda ǽnig ere any word be made to fail, Andr. Kmbl. 2876; An. 1441. Awǽged ne dó ðú wedd irritum ne facias fædus, Hymn, Lye. v. wǽgan, ge-wǽgan. a-wægan

Related words: trans. To deceive, delude, frustrate, disappoint, cause to fail ;

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