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wreón
(from
wríhan);
p.
wráh,
wreáh,
pl.
wrigon,
wrugon;
pp.
wrigen,
wrogen
To
cover.
I.
to
put
a
covering
on
something,
(1)
literal
:--
Se
ðe
wrígð
wæterum
ða
uferan
his
gut
tegit
aquis
superiora
ejus.
Ps.
Spl.
103,
3.
Óþer
eáre
hí
him
underbrédaþ
and
mid
óðran
hí
wreóð
(se
cooperiunf).
Nar.
37,
12.
Hé
wreáh
and
þeahte
mánf
hðu
bearn
wonnan
wge,
Cd.
Th.
83,
10;
Gen.
1377.
Reste
hé
hiue
sófte,
and
wreó
hine
wearme:
.
.
.
lt
drincan
.
.
.
,
and
wreóh
hirie
wearme,
Lchdm.
ii.
292,
6-14.
Swá
ðú
worulddeáde
wrige
mid
foldan
as
you
would
cover
the
dead
with
earth,
Ps.
Th.
140,
4.
Ongunnun
summe
gehýdæ
wríga
(uelare)
onsióne
his,
Mk.
Skt.
Lind.
14,
65.
(I
a)
to
cover
with
clothes,
to
clothe
:--
Ic
wreó
mé
wda
leásne,
leáfum
þecce,
Cd.
Th.
53,
26;
Gen.
867.
Ic
wses
nacod,
and
gé
clððon
wrigon
(wriogan,
Rush.
)
meh
eram
nudus,
et
opertdstis
me,
Mt.
Kmbl.
Lind.
25,
36.
He
ne
nrihte
hine
handum
self
mid
hrægle
wryón,
Cd.
Th.
95,
2
;
Gen.
1572.
(I
b)
to
cover
a
book,
to
bind
a
book
:--
Mec
(a
book)
wráh
hælet
hleóbordum.
Exon.
Th.
408,
13;
Rä.
47,
ll.
(2)
with
the
idea
of
concealment,
to
conceal,
hide
:--
For
hwon
wást
ðú
weán
and
wríhst
sceome,
Cd.
Th.
54,
13;
Gen.
876.
Ða
word
ðe
gé
wrigon
under
womma
scealum,
Elen.
Kmbl.
1162
;
El.
582.
(3)
with
the
idea
of
protection
:--
Ic
ðé
wið
weána
gehwam
wreó
and
scylde
folmum
mínum,
Cd.
Th.
131,
3;
Gen.
2170.
II.
to
serve
as
a
covering
to
something,
be
spread
over,
(1)
literal
:--
Flód
ealle
wreáh
heá
beorgas,
Cd.
Th.
83,
28;
Gen.
1386.
Niht
lagustreámas
wreáh,
147,
34;
Gen.
2449.
Mec
(an
oyster)
ýþa
wrugon,
Exon.
Th.
488,
5
;
Rä,
76,
2,
Sió
tilmen
biþ
þeccende
and
wreónde
ða
wambe.
Lchdm.
ii.
240,
17.
(l
a)
of
clothing
:--
Woede
tó
wriánne
vestem
ad
operiendam,
Rtl.
103,
42.
Of
hwon
wé
bidon
wrigen
(gewrigene.
Rush.)
quo
operiemitr,
Mt.
Kmbl.
Lind.
6,
31.
(2)
with
the
idea
of
concealment
:--
Ýþa
mec
(a
storm)
wrugon,
Exon.
Th.
382,
23;
Rä.
3,
15.
(3)
with
the
idea
of
protection
:--
Ic
liæbbe
mé
on
hrycge
ðæt
r
hádas
wreáh
foldbúendra.
Exon.
Th.
381,
17;
Rä.
2,
II.
Unc
holt
wrugon,
wudubeáma
helm,
wonnum
nihturn,
scildon
wið
scúrurn,
496,
I;
Rä.
85,
73.
[Þu
mihtes
wrine
þine
banes,
O.
E.
Homl.
i.
279,
2.
Wummon
schal
wrihen
hire
heauet.
Wrihen,
he
seið,
naut
wimplin.
Wrihen
ha
schal
hire
scheome
.
.
.
Gef
ci
þing
wriheð
þi
neb,
A.
R.
420,
note.
To
wrien
and
te
helien,
.
.
.
he
heleð
hit
and
wrihð,
84,
14-17.
Þe
uikelares
wreoð
and
helieð,
88,
19.
Þis
scheld
þet
wreih
his
Godhed,
390,
26,
Ane
cheste
wreon
mid
golde,
Laym.
27859.
Þa
Irisce
wri
en
al
þa
feldes,
17349.
Wreoð
wel
þene
king,
17762.
Wrugen,
p.
pl.
,
P.
L.
S.
viii.
81.
Uor
to
wry
his
confusioun,
Ayenb.
258,
18.
Þe
sseld
him
wriþ,
167,
10.
Hi
wreþ
þe
uelþes
of
zenne,
61,
4.
O.
H.
Ger.
int-ríhan
revelare.]
v.
á-,
be-,
ge-,
in-,
ofer-,
on-,
un-wreón.
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