Á-wyrtwalian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - á-wyrtwalian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- á-wyrtwalian
- Add: I. to pluck up or out by the root, (1) lit.:--Onweg ácorfenum þám tungum swylce hí áwyrtwalode wǽron abscissis radicitus linguis, Gr. D. 241, 12. (2) fig. to extirpate, eradicate, exterminate:--Ic áwyrtwalie extirpo (gaudia carnis), An. Ox. 186, 26. Áwyrtwalað exterminabit (viam peccatorum), Bl. Gl. Áwyrtwala grǽdignysse of ðínre heortan, Hml. Th. ii. 410, 1. Ꝥ man áwyrtwalige ǽghwylc unriht, Ll. Th. i. 376, 9. II. to pluck, draw away:--Hé áwyrtwalað (evellet) of gryne fét míne, Ps. L. 24, 15. Sió slǽwð ús áwyrtwalað from ǽlcre lustbǽrnesse gódra weorca, Past. 283, 4. a-wyrt-walian,a-wyrtwalian