On-girwan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - on-girwan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

on-girwan
Add: to strip a person (acc.) of something (gen. , dat. (inst.)) :-- Hé æalle gesceafta gemetgað, and óðre hwíle gegiereð myd ðám winsumestum wlitum, óðre hwíle eft ongiereð and geungewlitegað. Solil. H. 59, 20. Hé hine þám scyccelse ongyrede, Hml. S. 23 b, 217. Ongeredon (exuerunt) hine dý ryfte and gegeredon hine mið his gewédum, Mt. L. 27, 31. Ꝥ þú ongere mé ealra mínra synna, Angl. xii. 505, 20. Wæs hé hine sylfne ongyrwendne, Gr. D. 68, 11.

Related words: un-girwan. on-girwan

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