Wirp

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wirp

According to the Old English Dictionary:

wierp, es;

wirp
m. A throw, a blow with a missile:--Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe (wyrpe, ) an ribb forod, ðæt hió siþþan mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne, ac raðe ðæs hió wearð ofslagen hic serpens ad unius saxi ictum cessit, ac mox facile oppressus est, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 11. v. wyrp. wirp

Related words: l.

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