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or-wirðu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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or-wirðu, indecl.; -wirð, e; f.
Ignominy, shame, dishonour
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  • Gefyl onsiéne heara mid orwyrðe

    imple facies eorum ignominia,

      Ps. Surt. 82, 17.
  • Mé ðín dohtor hafaþ geýwed orwyrðu

    thy daughter hath shewn me dishonour,

      Exon. Th. 246, 29; Jul. 69.
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v.  or-weorð.
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  • or-wirðu, n.