Ge-nirwan (-ian)
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-nirwan (-ian)
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-nirwan (-ian)
- Take here ge-nyrwian in Dict., and add:--Genyrwiaþ coangustant, arctant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 15. I. of space-relations, (1) to make narrow, contract:--Se arc wæs swá genyrwed ꝥ hé wæs mid ánre fæðme belocen ufewerd arca collecta in cacumen angustum, ita ut cubitus sit longitudinis et latitudinis, Angl. vii. 34, 325. (1 a) with idea of pressure:--Ne generewe [ofer mé] pytt his múþ neque urgeat super me puteus os suum, Ps. L. 68, 16. (2) to crowd a person ">to press into a small space, crowd (a) to crowd a person , give little space to:--Se Godes sunu wæs on his gesthúse genyrwed, þæt hé ús rúme wununge on heofonan ríce forgife, Hml. Th. i. 36, 1. (b) to crowd a place, put too many people into:--For ðæs folces geðryle wæs þæt gesthús ðearle genyrwed, Hml. Th. i. 34, 34. II. of extent or amount, to diminish, reduce, curtail:--Gyf hwá genyrwe ðæt ic Gode geseald hæbbe, C. D. III. to oppress, afflict, trouble in body or mind:--Hé genyrwde ðá crístenan, Hml. S. 29, 191. Seó wǽdl þǽra andlyfna genyrwde ealle omnes alimentorum indigentia coangustabat, Gr. D. 145, 6. Geswencendæ l genyrwiende hig coartans eos, Ps. L. 34, 5. Genirwed and geenged afficiar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 49. Ꝥ wǽre genyrwed meteléste angeretur (i. stringeretur) cibi inopia, An. Ox. 4851. Genierwed on his móde anxie afflictus corde, Past. 231, 21. Ne spræc hé hit nó for ðý ðe his mód áuht genierwed wǽre mid ðǽre uncýððe ðæs síðfætes neque Moysi mentem ignorantia itineris angustabat, 304, 17. Gif hý for þysum gylte genyrwode (afflicti) wurðað, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 28. Cf. ge-nearwian. ge-nirwan -ian