Ge-wringan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-wringan
Add: I. to squeeze out moisture:--Celeþonian seáw oþþe þára blóstmena gewring and gemeng wið hunig, Lch. ii. 30, 12. Ðysse wyrte wós wel gewrungen, i. 274, 18. II. to squeeze together, press into a shape:--Hé mæg ealla gesceafta on his ðǽre swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Sal. K. p. 150, 34. ge-wringan
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