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wrigian

  • verb [ weak ]
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wrigian, p. ode
To turn, wend, hie, go, move
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  • þeáh ðú teó hwelcne bóh of dúne tó ðære eorþan, swelce ðú bégan mæge, swá ðú hine álǽtst, swá sprincþ hé up, and wrigaþ (cf. went on gecynde,

      Met. 13, 55
    ) wiþ his gecyndes. . . Swá déþ ǽlc gesceaft, wrigaþ wiþ his gecyndes, and gefagen biþ gif hit ǽfre tó cuman mæge

    validis quondam viribus acta fronam flectet virga cacumen; hanc si curvans dextra remisit, recto special writes coelum . . . Repetunt proprios quaeque recursus, reditaque suo singula gavdent,

    • Bt. 25
      • ;
    • Fox 88, 22-29
      • :
    • xiv, 14.

  • Ǽlc gesceaft wrigaþ and higaþ wið his gecyndes,

      Met. 13, 65.

  • Wuhta gehwilc wrigaþ tóheald wið ðæs gecyndes . . . þinga gehwilc þiderweard fundaþ,

      13, 10.

  • Weard æt steorte (the ploughtail) wrigaþ on wonge

    the ploughman pushes his way over the field,

    • Exon. Th. 403, 9
      • ;
    • Rä. 22, 5.
Etymology
[
That feyre founden me mete ant cloht, hue wrieth awey as hue were wroht,
    Spec. 48, 22.
With hir need sche wriede fast awey.
    Chauc. Mill. T. 97.
Hwenne so wil to wene wriedh,
    R. S. 3, 7.
Þy face from hyre þon wry,
    Mire. 888.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wrigian.” 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/36653.

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