Bi-wrecan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - bi-wrecan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- bi-wrecan
- p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen To strike or beat around, to surround; circum pulsare, circumdare :-- Hí sculon onfón in fýrbaðe wælmum biwrecene wráþlíc andleán they must receive dire retribution in the fire-bath surrounded with flames, Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 11; Cri. 832.