wrixle

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2970 "wyrsan wrixle wäl-hlem þone,

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  1. To exchange.
  2. To envelop; wrap; confound. What whylenes, or wanspede. wryxles our mynd? Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), l. 9327.

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  • 2970 "wyrsan wrixle wäl-hlem þone, —  Beowulf
  • II. þät þu me nô for-wyrne, þät ... (_that thou refuse me not that_ ...), 429; pret.sg. he ne for-wyrnde worold-rædenne, 1143. ge-wyrpan, w.v. reflex., _to refresh one's self, recover_: pret.sg. he hyne ge-wyrpte, 2977. wyrpe, st. m., _change_: acc.sg. äfter weá-spelle wyrpe ge-fremman (_after the woe-spell to bring about a change of things_), 1316. wyrsa, compar. adj., _worse_: acc.sg. neut. þät wyrse, 1740; instr.sg. wyrsan wrixle, 2970; gen.sg. wyrsan geþinges, 525; nom.acc. pl. wyrsan wîg-frecan, 1213, 2497. wyrt, st. f., [_-wort_], _root_: instr.pl. wudu wyrtum fäst, 1365. wýscan, w.v., _to wish, desire_: pret.sg. wîscte (rihde, MS.) þäs yldan —  Beowulf
  • 2970 "wyrsan wrixle wæl-hlem þone, —  Beowulf
  • II. þæt þū mē nō for-wyrne, þæt ... (_that thou refuse me not that_ ...), 429; pret.sg. hē ne for-wyrnde worold-rǣdenne, 1143. ge-wyrpan, w.v. reflex., _to refresh one's self, recover_: pret.sg. hē hyne ge-wyrpte, 2977. wyrpe, st. m., _change_: acc.sg. æfter wēa-spelle wyrpe ge-fremman (_after the woe-spell to bring about a change of things_), 1316. wyrsa, compar. adj., _worse_: acc.sg. neut. þæt wyrse, 1740; instr.sg. wyrsan wrixle, 2970; gen.sg. wyrsan geþinges, 525; nom.acc. pl. wyrsan wīg-frecan, 1213, 2497. wyrt, st. f., [_-wort_], _root_: instr.pl. wudu wyrtum fæst, 1365. wȳscan, w.v., _to wish, desire_: pret.sg. wīscte (rihde, MS.) þæs yldan —  Beowulf
  • 2306; pret.sg. he him þäs leán forgeald, _he gave them the reward therefore_, 114; similarly, 1542, 1585, 2095; forgeald hraðe wyrsan wrixle wälhlem þone, _repaid the murderous blow with a worse exchange_, 2969. gilp, gylp, st. m., _speech in which one promises great things for himself in a coming combat, defiant speech, boasting speech_: acc.sg. häfde ... —  Beowulf
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  1. Middle English, from Anglo-Saxon wrixlian, exchange.
 

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