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wearn

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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wearn, es; m. (?)
A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal
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  • Þunie (þu me, Th.) him gewinnes wearn ofer wealles hróf and heom on midle wese mán and inwit

    circumdabit eam super muros ejus iniquitas, et labor in medio ejus,

      Ps. Th. 54, 9.
  • Þeán ðe ða ealle ðe mé áfeódon wordum wyrigen and wearn sprecan

    si is, qui oderat me, super me magna locutus est,

      54, 12.
  • Hió innwit feala ýwdan on tungan, and mé wráðra wearn worda sprǽcon

    locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa, et sermonibus odii circumdederunt me,

      108, 2.
  • Ic on unriht oft lócade and wiðercwyda wearn gehýrde

    vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem,

      54, 8.
  • Hí his wundra wearn gesáwon on wætergrundum

    ipsi viderunt mirabilia ejus in profundo,

      106, 23.
  • Þeáh ðe eów wealan tó wearnum flówen

    divitiae si affluant,

      61, 11.
  • Hé synfulle tódrífeþ wearnum ealle

    omnes peccatores disperdet,

      144, 20.
  • Fol oft mon wearnum (or from wearn; f.) tíhð eargne ðæt hé elne forleóse

    full often the coward is freely (or with difficulty) accused of losing his courage,

      Exon. Th. 345, 13; Gn. Ex. 187.
Similar entries
v. wearn-mǽlum, and cf. worn.
Linked entries
v.  un-wearnum wirn worn.
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