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wraxlian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wraxlian, p. ode
To wrestle
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  • Ic wraxlige

    luctor,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 19
    • ;
    • Zup. 122, 12.
  • Ða wraxlode (luctabatur) án engel wið hine,

      Gen. 32, 24.
  • Ic wæs on unmǽtutn costnungum winnende and wraxligeude,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 578.
  • Wraxliendum

    luctando.

      Germ. 389, 91.
  • Pleglícum ł wræxliendum

    palaestricis,

      Hpt. Gl. 405, 6.
Etymology
[
To wraxli,
    Laym. 1858 (2nd MS. ).
Somme wraxlede,
    24699.
Thaugh Couetyce wolde with the poure wraxle,
    Piers P. C. 17, 88.
O. Frs. wraxlia.
]
Similar entries
Cf. wrǽstlian.
Linked entries
v.  wrǽstlian wræxliende.
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  • wraxlian, v.