† aworryv.
Obsolete.
To strangle; to worry.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by strangling
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achokeOE
astrangle1297
strangle13..
worry14..
choke1303
weary1340
gnarec1380
athroatc1400
enstranglec1400
gagc1440
throttlec1450
estrangle1483
stifle1548
snarl1563
thrapple1570
quackle1622
bowstring1803
scrag1823
strangulate1846
mug1866
to screw a person's neck1872
garrotte1878
guzzle1885
to screw an animal's neck1888
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > treat violently or roughly > harass by rough treatment
aworryc885
worrya1556
c885 tr. Orosius Hist. vi. xxxvi. §2 He hine sylfne unwitende hæfde awirged.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 147 Þe hund ðet..awurieð eihte. me beateð hine anonriht.
c1275 Pains of Hell in Old Eng. Misc. 149 Heo hire awarieþ al aþrep, Al so wulues doð þe scep.
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