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ge-wrixl

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-wrixl, -wrixle, es; n.
A change, interchange, vicissitude, turn, course
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  • Hwylc gewrixl sylþ se mann for hys sáwle

    quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua?

    • Mt. Bos. 16, 26
      • :
    • Mk. Bos. 8, 37
      • .

  • Cépena þinga gewrixle

    commercium,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 16
      • ;
    • Som. 58, 53
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 21, 41
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  • Ne wæs ðæt gewrixle til ðæt hie on bá healfa bicgan scoldon freónda feorum

    nor was the exchange good, that they on both sides must buy with the lives of friends,

    • Beo. Th. 2613
      • ;
    • B. 1304
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  • Nú hæfþ God swíðe gesceádwíslíce geset ðæt gewrixle eallum his gesceaftum

    God hath very wisely appointed change to all his creatures,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • Fox 74, 21
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    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 111
      • ;
    • Met. 11, 56
      • :
    • Shrn. 168, 11
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  • On hys gewrixles endebyrdnesse

    in ordine vicis suæ,

    • Lk. Bos. 1, 8
      • .

  • Benedictus hæfde Paulus gewrixle

    Benedictus tenuit Pauli vices,

    • Gr. Dial. 2, 17, Lye
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 91, 24
      • .
Similar entries
[Cf. wæpen-gewrixle.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-wrisce ge-wrixlic wrixl.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wrixl.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16909.

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