Ge-wyrdan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-werdan;

ge-wyrdan
p. de; pp. ed; lædere, nocere :-- Gif hwá on ceáse wíf gewerde [gewyrde, MS. G.] if any one in strife hurt a woman, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17. Gif hwá gewerde[gewyrde, MS. G.] óðres monnes wíngeard if any one injure another man's vineyard, 26: Th. i. 50, 24. Ne mæg ðǽr rén ne snáw gewyrdan neither rain nor snow can there injure, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 1; Ph. 19. Hæfde hí hungor and þurst heard gewyrded esurientes et sitientes, Ps. Th. 106, 4. ge-wyrdan

Related words: trans. To hurt, injure;

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