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wǽr

  • adjective
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wǽr, (?); adj.
Wright's OE grammar
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  • Ic gelýfe ðæt hit from Gode cóme, bróht from his bysene, ðæs mé ðes boda sægde wǽrum wordum, Cd. Th. 42, 31; Gen. 681. [The word, found here only, if at all, occurs in that part of the Genesis, which seems to show Old Saxon influence, and the phrase

    wǽrum wordum

    may be the equivalent of that found often in the
      Héliand, e. g.
    Gumon, thea ús gódes so filu gehétun fon heƀankuninge wárun wordun, 569.
  • But perhaps wærum (v. wær,
; and see last passage under wær-líc) might be read. Cf. Heó geleáfan nom ðæt hé ða bysene from Gode brungen hæfde ðe hé hire swá wǽrlíce ( = O. Sax. wárlíko; or? wærlíce cunningly) wordum sægde, iéwde hire tácen, and treówa gehét, Cd. Th. 41, 5; Gen. 652.]
Etymology
[O. Sax. wár: O. Frs. wér, weer: O. H. Ger. wár, wári verus, verax: Lat. vérus.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽr.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34413.

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  • wǽr, adj.

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