A-wyrdan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-werdan;

a-wyrdan

p. -wyrde; pp. -wyrded, -wyrd; lædere, corrumpere, vitiare, violare :-- Ðe he sylf awyrde whom he himself had injured, Homl. Th. i. 4, 24. Æðeling manig wundum awyrded many a noble injured with wounds, Beo. Th. 2230; B.1113. Gif spræc awyrd weorþ if speech be injured, L. Ethb. 52 ; Th. i. 16, 5. Ðýlæs hí [scil. wæstmas] rénes scúr awyrde lest the shower of rain should destroy them [i. e. the fruits], Exon. 59 b ; Th. 215, 2 ; Ph. 247. [O. H. Ger. ar-wartian violare, vitiare, fædare, adul-terare, corrumpere, depravare.] DER. wyrdan. a-wyrdan

Related words: trans. To injure, corrupt, destroy;