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worn

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
worn, weorn, es; m.
A swarm, band, Jlock, crowd, multitude, many, a great number, a great quantity,
of animate objects
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  • Seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ, worn æfter óþrum

    (flock (of birds) following flock) turba prosequitur,

    • Exon. Th. 222, 4
    • ;
    • Ph. 343.
  • Folc onette, weras wíf somod, womum and heápum, ðreátum and þrymmum, þrungon and uraon,

    • Judth. Thw. 23, 39
    • ;
    • Jud. 164.
  • Mægen wérge monna cynnes wornum hweorfaþ on wídne leg.

    • Exon. Th. 59, 25
    • ;
    • Cri. 958.
Grammar
worn, with gen. pl.
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  • Wæs ðér worn (grex) swína michil,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, ii. 13.
  • Ðǽr witena biþ worn ætsomne,

    • 295, 35
    • ;
    • Crä. 43
    • :
    • Salm. Kmbl. 802
    • ;
    • Sal. 400.
  • Weard Seme suna and dohtra worn áféded,

    • Cd. Th. 99, 5
    • ;
    • Gen. 1641.
  • worn gestrýnde suna and dohtra,

    • 74, II
    • ;
    • Gen. 1220.
  • Oft se stiáw gecostaþ;wildeóra worn.

    • Salm. Kmbl. 611
    • ;
    • Sal. 305.
  • Fugla and deóra wornas,

    • Exon. Th. 356, 3
    • ;
    • Pa. 6.
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worn, with gen.
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  • Láð æfter láðum, leódmægnes worn, þúsendm ǽlum,

    • Cd. Th. 190, 7
    • ;
    • Exod. 195.
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worn, of inanimate objects, abstract or concrete,
Grammar
worn, alone
, much, many things
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  • worn gemunde,

    • Beo. Th. 4235
    • ;
    • B.
  • worn eall gespræc,

    • 6180
    • ;
    • B. 3094.
  • Se gomola sægde eaforan worn,

    • Exon. Th. 304, 7
    • ;
    • Fä. 66.
  • Ongan worn sprecan,

    • 319, 9
    • ;
    • Víd. 9.
Grammar
worn, with adj.
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  • Ðú worn fela sprǽce

    you have said many, many things,

    • Beo. Th. 1064
    • ;
    • B. 530.
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worn, with gen. pl.
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  • Árleásta fela, misdǽda worn,

      Met. 9, 7.
  • (Wintra) worn, twá hund oððe má,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1263
    • ;
    • El. 633.
  • Ymb wintra worn.

    • Cd. Th. 79, 32
    • ;
    • Gen. 1320: 236, 22
    • ;
    • Dan. 325
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 533
    • ;
    • B. 264.
  • Missera worn,

    • Cd. Th. 71, 10
    • ;
    • Gen. 1168.
  • Ymb worn daga,

    • 86, 30
    • ;
    • Gen. 1438: 142, 10
    • ;
    • Gen. 2359
    • :
    • Menol. Fox 336
    • ;
    • Men. 169.
  • Ic spræc worda worn.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1807
    • ;
    • An. 906.
  • Se ðe ealdgesegena worn gemunde,

    • Beo. Th. 1744
    • ;
    • B. 873.
  • Hé wundra worn cýðde,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1623
    • ;
    • An. 813.
  • Worn sárcwida.

    • Exon. Th. Ii, ll
    • ;
    • Cri. 169: 291,32
    • ;
    • Wand. 91 : 315, 19
    • ;
    • Mód. 33.
  • Weorn earfoðsíða.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1354
    • ;
    • An. 677.
  • Fæstena worn.

    • Cd. Th. 181, 5
    • ;
    • Exod. 56.
  • Se ðe worna fela gúða gedígde

    he that from numbers and numbers of battles escaped,

    • Beo. Th. 5078
    • ;
    • B. 2543.
  • weorna feala wíta geþolode,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2978
    • ;
    • An. 1492.
Grammar
worn, with adj. and gen. pl.
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  • Unc sceal worn fela máþma gemǽnra

    we two shall have many, many treasures in common,

    • Beo. Th. 3571
    • ;
    • B. 1783.
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worn, with gen. sing.
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  • Gewát dægrfmes worn

    a great number of days passed,

    • Cd. Th. 60, 1
    • ;
    • Gen. 975.
  • Hé wunode dægrímes worn,

    • 156, 31
    • ;
    • Gen. 2597: 80, 20
    • ;
    • Gen. 1331
    • :
    • Met. 26, 33.
  • Hé ðæs wítes worn gefélde

    he felt the multitudinous pain,

    • Cd. Th. 269, 23
    • ;
    • Sat. 77.
  • worna fela sorge gefremede, yrmðe,

    • Beo. Th. 4011
    • ;
    • B. 2003.
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