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wórian

  • verb [ weak ]
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wórian, p. ode
To wander about
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  • Ic wórige

    uagor,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 25
      • ;
    • Zup. 145, 13.
literal,to wander about, ramble, be a vagabond
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  • Ic wórige and beó áflýmed geond ealle eorðan

    ero vagus ei profugus in terra,

      Gen. 4, 14.

  • Hí lufiaþ ídele blisse, wóriaþ and wundriaþ, and ealne dæg fleardiaþ,

    • L. I. P. 14
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 322, 24.

  • Is ðæs (the whale's) híw gelíc hreófóm stáne, swylce wórie bi wædes ófre,

    • Exon. Th. 360, 21
      • ;
    • Wal. 9.

  • Seó rípung ðæs geatweardes gestæþþignesse sý swylc dæt hine ne wórian ne scríðan ne lyste

    (eitin non sinat uagari),

      R. Ben. 126, 17.

  • Ðú færsð wórigende

    (vagus),

    • Gen. 4, 12
      • :
    • Boutr. Scrd. 20, 43
      • :
    • 19, 2.

  • Ne férde heó wórigende geond land, ac wæs wunigende binnan Godes temple,

    • Homl. Th. i. 148, 3
      • :
    • ii. 160, 21.

  • Wórigende geond wudas and feldas,

      188, 14.

  • Eówre beam beóð wórigende on ðisum wéstene

    felii vestri ernnt vagi in deserto,

    • Num. 14, 33
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 30, 27.

  • Ǽfre unstaþolfæste and wóriende,

      R. Ben. 9, 23.
of the movements of the planets
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  • Hí (the planets)synd wórigende gecwedene, for ðan ðe ǽlc gǽð on his ágenum ryne,

      Boutr. Scrd. 18, 29.
figurative in various senses
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  • Wóraþ

    fluctuat, estuat, i. vacillat, dubitat, anxiat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 60.

  • Wóriaþ ða wínsalo

    the halls totter (are ruinous),

    • Exon. Th. 291, 6
      • ;
    • Wand. 78.

  • Gangas rihte dóþ, ðæt ná healtigende wórige

    (erret),

      Scint. 186, 4.

  • Bútan sóþre lufe. i. á gán (ambulare) magan menn ac wórian (errare ),

      3, 8.

  • Wer unsnoter and wórigende (errans) þencþ stunte,

      138, 18.

  • Wóriende

    vagi (sunt gressus ejus,

      Prov. 5, 6
    ) i.vagabunda (rumorum praeconia,
      Ald. 64
    ),

      Hpt. Gl. 512, 51.

  • His eágan ne férdon wórigende geond mistlíce lustas,

      Homl. Th. i. 168, 13.

  • Wórigende sefan (vagos sensus) hé þreáge,

      Hymn. Surt. 114, 15.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wórian.” 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/36503.

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