Gewrixlian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gewrixlian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- gewrixlian
- Substitute: I. to change. Cf. ge-wrixl; I. (1) to alter the character of:--Ðǽm ána ðá ðóht geségon geuixla gémendum his tantum quae sensum videbantur mutare correctis, Mt. p. 2, 17. (2) to transfer the possession of:--Nis ná álýfed ꝥ þæs mynstres hláford sylle þǽre cyrcean land tó óþre cyrcean; gif hé þonne hwylc land wylle gewrixlian (commutare), dó hé ꝥ mid geþeahte bégra þǽra híréda, Ll. Th. ii. 236, 17. II. where there is exchange in the form of requital for what is done. Cf. gewrixl; II, II a. (1) to give in requital:--Hé forgeaf éce dreámas, bið him heofonríce ágiefen; swá sceal gewrixled þám þe wel heóldon Meotudes willan, Cri. 1261. (2) to get in requital:--Ne hé ne giéme hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexle (-wrixle, ) ne impensae gratiae vicissitudinem requirant, Past. 323, 18. Fýnd ongeáton þæt hié hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím þurh heora miclan mód, Gen. 335. gewrixlian,ge-wrixlian