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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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Bosworth, Joseph. “wearn.” 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/34866.

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