Á-wyrgan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - á-wyrgan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

á-wyrgan
to strangle. Add:--Hé (Judas) þonan gangende áwyrgde (mid sáde áwrigde, L.) hine abiens laqueo se suspendit, Mt. R. 27, 5. Hé forgiet ðæt grin ðæt hé mid áwierged wirð (stranguletur), Past. 331, 19. Fugelas and óðre nýtenu þá þe on nette beóð áwyrgede (strangulantur), Ll. Th. ii. 162, 18. a-wyrgan
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