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for-wered

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  • Foruerit

    abusus,

    • Txts. 109, 1135.
of material, worn out
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  • In wéde ald ł foruered

    in vestimentum vetus,

    • Mt. L. 9, 16.
of persons, decrepit
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  • Forwered

    decrepita (anicula),

    • An. Ox. 2109.

  • Eald wíf ... þonne heó forwerod byð and teámes ætealdod,

    • Hml. A. 20, 158.

  • Cild oððe forwerod man,

    • Hml. Th. i. 236, 25.

  • Wǽron hí bútan cilde oð þæt hí wǽron forwerede menn,

    • 202, 1.

  • Hit is swíðe ungedafenlic þæt forwerode menn and untýmende gifta wilnian,

    • ii. 94, 11.
of advanced age
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  • Forweredre

    decrepitae (uetustatis),

    • An. Ox. 2522.

  • Seó þridde wæcce is on forweredre ylde,

    • Hml. A. 52, 69.

  • Þá forweredan

    decrepitam (senectam),

    • An. Ox. 2411.
Etymology
[
v. N. E. D. forwear.
]
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v.  for-werod.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-wered.” 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/46147.

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