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▪ I. † werde, v. Obs.
Also 1 woerda, 3 weordenn.
[OE. (Anglian) werdan (Northumb. wœrda), = WS. *wierdan, wyrdan, f. the stem ward- (WS. weard-), which appears also in OS. a-wardian, -werdian, OHG. wart(i)an, wertan (MHG. werten), far-warten, Goth. fra-wardjan to spoil, corrupt, injure, etc., with cognates in the Slavonic languages.]
trans. To harm or injure.
c725Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) O 136 Officit, werdit. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Luke viii. 45 Ða meniᵹo ðec ᵹeðringað & woerdað [L. affligunt]. c1000Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) lxxvi. 4 Wæron eaᵹan mine eac mid wæcceum werded swyþe. c1100ælfred's Boeth. (Bodl. MS.) xvi. §2 Þa smalan wyrmas, þa ðone mon ᵹe innan ᵹe uton werdaþ [Cott. MS. wyrdaþ]. c1200Ormin 4251 Þe flæshess fule wille, Þatt allre werrst..Werdeþþ þe wrecche sawle. Ibid. 6249 Ne birrþ þe shendenn nani mann Ne weordenn þine þannkess.
▪ II. werde
obs. pa. tense of wear v., were v.; obs. f. weird n., word, world. |