bewray

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These secrets didst to me bewray,

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  1. transitive verb Archaic To disclose or betray.

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  1. Middle English biwreien : bi-, be- + wreien, to accuse (from Old English wrēgan).

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  1. from Middle English bewraien, biwreyen, disclose, reveal (= OFries. biwrōgia = Old High German biruogan, Middle High German berügen), from be- + wraien, wreyen, obsolete English wray, disclose, reveal, from Anglo-Saxon wrēgan, accuse (= OFries. wrōgia, wreia = Old Saxon wrōgian = Dutch wroegen, accuse, = Old High German ruogen, Middle High German ruegen, German rügen, censure, = Icelandic rægja, slander, = Swedish röja, betray, = Gothic (Moesogothic) wrōhjan, accuse), from a noun representing by Goth, wrōhs, an accusation, = Icelandic rōg, a slander. Somewhat affected in sense by betray, a quite different word.
 

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