A-wyrgan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-wirgan;

a-wyrgan

p. de; pp. ed To strangle, suffocate, corrupt, in-jure, violate; strangulare, suffocare, corrumpere, lædere, violare :-- He hine sylfne hæfde awirged he had strangled himself, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 38. Wommum awyrged corrupted with sins, Cd. 169 ; Th. 211, 26; Exod. 532: Exon. 30 b ; Th. 95, 24; Cri.1562 : 105 b ; Th. 401, 25 ; Rä. 21, 17. [Ger. erwürgen strangulare: O. H. Ger. arwurgian id.] a-wyrgan