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wérig

  • adjective
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wérig, adj.
physical,
weary, tired, exhausted, fatigued
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  • Ðá hé wæs wérig (uoerig, Lind.: woerig, Rush.) gegán

    fatigatus ex itinere,

      Jn. Skt. 4, 6: Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 10.

  • Sesirra arn óð ðæt hé wérig becom tó ánum wífmen æt néhstan,

      Jud. 4, 17: Cd. Th. 88, 9; Gen. 1462.

  • Wérig sceal se wiþ winde róweþ,

      Exon. Th. 345, 12; Gn. Ex. 187: 307, 26; Seef. 29.

  • Ne forlǽt ðú ðæs blódes tó fela on ǽnne síþ, ðý les se seóca man tó wérig (

    exhausted

    ) weorðe oððe swylte,
      Lchdm. ii. 208, 19.

  • Wǽgdeóra gehwylc wérig swelteþ,

      Exon. Th. 61, 22; Cri. 988.

  • Móyses willa ne áteorode, ac se wériga líchama,

      Homl. Skt. i. 13, 40.

  • Móises handa wǽron wérige (

    graves

    ),
      Ex. 17, 12.

  • Féðan sǽton, reste gefégon werige æfter wǽðe,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1185; An. 593.

  • Wérge,

      Exon. Th. 115, 2; Gú. 183.

  • Limseóce, wérige, wanhále,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1159; An. 580.

  • Wérge,

      Exon. Th. 92, 13; Cri. 1508.

  • Ða wéregan neát ðe man drífeþ and þirsceþ,

      Elen. Kmbl. 714; El. 357. I a.
with gen., weary of
or from doing something
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  • Wérig ðæs weorces,

      Exon. Th. 436, 20; Rä. 55, 10.

  • Síþes wérig,

      Beo. Th. 1162; B. 579.

  • Síðes wérgum, feorrancundum,

      3593; B. 1794.
with dat. inst.,
exhausted by suffering
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  • Íserne wund, beadoweorca sæd, ecgum wérig,

      Exon. Th. 388, 5; Rä. 6, 3.

  • Wundum wérig,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2557; An. 1280.

  • Wítum wérig,

      Cd. Th. 274, 30; Sat. 162: 291, 9; Sat. 428.

  • Wítum wérige,

      285, 25; Sat. 343.

  • Wígend crungon wundum wérige,

      Byrht. Th. 140, 44; By. 303.

  • Wundum wérge,

      Beo. Th. 5866; B. 2937.
weary at heart,
sad, grieved
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  • Ne mæg wérig mód wyrde wiðstondan, ne se hreó hyge helpe gefremman

    a soul that is sad may not stand against fate, nor the mind that mourns minister help,

      Exon. Th. 287, 16; Wand. 15.

  • On wérigum sefan,

      74, 18; Cri. 1208.

  • Sendan wérigne sefan,

      289, 33; Wand. 57.

  • Hé hafaþ wilde mód, wérige heortan,

      Salm. Kmbl. 756; Sal. 377.

  • Woldan wérigu wíf wópe bimǽnan æþelinges deáð,

      Exon. Th. 459, 23; Hö. 4.

  • Wérigra wraþu,

      183, 34; Gú. 1337.

  • Eálá ðú ðe eart sió héhste frófer eallra wérigra móda

    O! summum lassorum solamen animorum,

      Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 9.
that expresses sadness, weary, grievous
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  • Hé wépende wéregum teárum his sigedryhten sárgan reorde grétte,

      Andr. Kmbl. 118; An. 59.

  • Beornas wépaþ wérgum stefnum, heáne, hygegeómre,

      Exon. Th. 61, 32; Cri. 993.
weary, impatient of the continuance of anything painful
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  • Sunu mín, ne ágiémeleása ðú Godes suingan, ne ðú ne beó wérig for his ðreáunge (

    neither be weary of his correction;

    neque fatigeris, cum ab eo argueris,
      Prov. 3, 11), Past. 36; Swt. 253, 3.
Etymology
[O. Sax. síð-wórig weary with travel: O. H. Ger. wórag crapulatus.]
Similar entries
v. ádl-, deáþ-, drinc-, ferhþ-, fyl-, gúþ-, heaðu-, hrá-, lid-, lim-, medu-, mere-, rád-, sǽ-, slǽp-, symbel-, un-wérig.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wérig.” 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/35384.

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