Ge-wirpan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-wirpan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-wirpan
Take here ge-wyrpan in Dict., and add: (1) intrans.:--Gif hé biþ on xxx nihte ealdne mónan gestanden, uneáðe hé gewyrpð, and þeáh áríseþ, Lch. iii. 182, 26: 188, 11. Geuaerpte convaluit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 17. Gewyrpte, 15, 22: 135, 41. Se mæssepreóst sealde þám ádligan of tó súpenne and hé sóna gewyrpte, and syððan leofode lange, Hml. S. 26, 265. Swelce hié lǽgen on longre mettrymnesse and hié ðeáh gewierpten similes iis quos irruens gravis languor a vita non subtrahit, Past. 228, 2. Wearð him ðá geðúht swilce heó gewurpan (áwyrpan, ) mihte, ac heó gewát of worulde, Hml. S. 20, 65. (2) reflex.:--Næs hé fǽge þá gýt, ac hé hyne gewyrpte, þeáh þe him wund hrine, B. 2976. (2 a) to recover from sickness:--Hé hine þǽre seócnysse gewyrpte, Hml. S. 23 b, 656. ge-wirpan

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