Talk:wiery

Etymology

According to Newne's Comprehensive dictionary the final sense is from Old English wær (“pond, sea”). Sorry; but the entry etymology edit for this meaning here is simply nonsense. However, my previous edit as from Old English wōr (“moor”) was absolute nonsense too, because that Anglo-Saxon form was a mistake for "mōr" (moor). Andrew (talk) Andrew H. Gray 08:31, 26 November 2019 (UTC).

Pronunciation

The pronounciation /ˈwaɪəɹi/ was given as applying not only to ety 1, "wiry, wirelike", but also to ety 2, "marshy", but AFAICT ety 2 is more like weary. Chambers here has it exactly rhyming with dreary, and not with fiery. Other sources are less clear. Arnold James Cooley's 1861 Dictionary of English Language Exhibiting Orthography [and] Pronunciation has "Wier†, wēre or wē'er, s. A weir. H., wiēr'y̆† (wet, marshy; wearish), a. 90.", "Fiery, fĭre´-e, fī´-ĕr-e, a. = fîr'y.", "Weary, wēre´-e - S., wē´-re - K., Wa., We., a. 12, 34. Worn with fatigue". John Ogilvie's 1872 A smaller English dictionary has "Wiery†, wir'i, a. Wet; marshy." vs. "Fiery, fi'ė-ri, a. Consisting of fire" vs. "Weary, wē'ri, a. Fatigued", "Dreary, drē'ri, a. Repentent with sadness". (It may be an academic point, anyway, because I've only managed to find one cite of the word.) - -sche (discuss) 17:53, 17 October 2024 (UTC)