Talk:wiery
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]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)