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werian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
werian, p. ede, ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§271; §525;
to clothe with a garment
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  • Líc ðæt hé ǽr werede mid wǽdum,

      Exon. Th. 374, 14; Seel. 126.

  • Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton, weredon mid ðý wealde,

      Cd. Th. 52, 19; Gen. 846.

  • Hwæt sindon gé searohæbbendra byrnum werede,

      Beo. Th. 481; B. 238: 5052; B. 2529.

  • Hí lifgaþ á leóhte werede,

      Exon. Th. 237, 26; Ph. 596.
to wear a garment, wear or
bear a weapon, etc.
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  • Ðæt hálie reáf, ðæt Aaron wereþ

    vestem sanctam, qua utetur Aaron,

      Ex. 29, 29.
  • Se woruldkempa weraþ woruldlíce wǽpna, Basil adm. 2; Norm. 34, 31.

  • Ðe má ðe se wer weraþ wímmanna gyrlan,

      L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 10.

  • Hit næs þeáw mid him ðæt ǽnig óþer purpuran werede búton cyningum,

      Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 35: 6, 31; Swt. 284, 23.

  • Heó wyllen weorode,

      Homl. Skt. i. 20, 44.

  • Ðæt reáf, ðæt se Hǽlend werede,

      Homl. Ass. 189, 249.

  • Seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode,

      93, 38.

  • Ða purpuran álecgan, ða hié weredon,

      Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 21.

  • Ðam folce wæs gewunelíc, ðæt hí weredon býman on ǽlcum gefeohte,

      Jud. 7, 16.

  • Deóplíc dǽdbót bið ðæt lǽwede man . . . wyllen werige,

      L. Pen. 10; Th. ii. 280, 20.

  • Werige gehwá swá his háde tó gebyrige, ðæt se preóst ne werige munucscrúd, ne lǽwedra manna,

      L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 7-9.

  • Ne preóst wǽpna ne werige,

      30; Th. ii. 354, 3.

  • Ne mót preóst wǽpnu werian mid rihte . . . Nú secgaþ sume preóstas ðæt hí for neóde wǽpn móton werian,

      L. Ælfc. P. 50, 51; Th. ii. 386, 13-21.

  • Gyldenne hring werian,

      Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 190, 15.

  • Gyrlan werian,

      Homl. Ass. 115, 427.

  • Wǽpen wegan (werian,

    v. l.) arma ferre,

      Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 7.

  • Reáf tó werigenne

    vestimentum ad induendum,

      Gen. 28, 20.

  • Hrægl tó werianne, L. Alf. 36; Th. i. 52, 25. II a. in reference to the hair,

    to wear

    a beard, etc. :-- Leófgár . . . Haroldes eorles mæssepreóst werede his kenepas on his preóstháde óð ðæt hé wæs biscop. Se forlét . . . his gástlícan wǽpna, and féng tó his spere and tó his sweorde æfter his biscupháde,
      Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 24.
Etymology
[The verb is weak in Chaucer and Wicklif. Goth. wasjan to clothe: O. H. Ger. werien vestire: Icel. verja to clothe.]
Similar entries
v. ge-werian; for-, scír-, swegel-wered (-od).
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Bosworth, Joseph. “werian.” 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/35380.

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