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fór-werod

  • verb
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fór-werod, -wered; part. p. [werian to wear]
Worn out, very old; attrītus, vĕtus
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  • Seó endlyfte tíd biþ seó fórwerode ealdnyss

    the eleventh hour is very late or very great oldness,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 76, 22.
  • On fórwerodre ealdnysse

    in very old age,

    • 76, 26.
  • Næs his reáf hórig ne tosigen, ne his scós fórwerode

    his raiment was not dirty nor threadbare, nor his shoes worn out,

    • i. 456, 21: ii. 94, 11.
  • Nǽron eówre reáf fórwerede

    non sunt attrīta vestīmenta vestra,

    • Deut. 29, 5.
  • Fórwerede fetelsas

    saccos vĕtĕres,

    • Jos. 9, 5.
Etymology
[
Laym. uorwerien to spend.
]
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