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wír

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wír, es; m.
Wire, metal thread; often used apparently in ornamental work, so, an ornament made of wire. Cf. Icel. víra-virki filigree work
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  • Beorht seomað (-ad,

      MS.)
    wír ymb ðone wælgim, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4.
  • Hæleð gierede mec (

    a book

    ) mid golde, for ðon mé glíwedon wrǽtlíc weorc smiþa wíre bifongen,
      408, 19; Rä. 27, 14.
  • Wíre geweorþad,

      484, 9; Rä. 70, 5.
  • Eorðsele wæs innan full wrǽtta and wíra (

    ornaments made of gold or silver wire

    ), weard unhióre goldmáðmas heóld,
      Bec. Th. 4817; B. 2413.
  • Næbbe ic fǽted gold, . . . ne wíra gespann, landes ne locenra beága,

      Andr. Kmbl. 604; An. 302: Elen. Kmbl. 2267; El. 1135.
  • Wírum gewlenced,

      2525; El. 1264: Exon. Th. 402, 19; Rä. 21, 32.
  • Ic eom fægerre frætwum goldes, þeáh hit mon áwerge wírum útan,

      424, 31; Rä. 41, 47.
  • Wírum bewunden,

      Beo. Th. 2066; B. 1031.
  • Hygeróf gebond weallwalan wírum wundrum tógædre,

      Exon. Th. 477, 7; Ruin. 21.
Etymology
[Gold wir, Laym. 7048. Fetislich hir fyngres were fretted with golde wyre, Piers P. 2, 11. Icel. vírr.]
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  • wír, n.