werian
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną. Cognate with Old Saxon werian, Old High German werien, Old Norse verja.
Verb
[edit]werian
- to use, put on, wear (clothes, ornaments, etc.)
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- Be þām hringum man meahte witan hwæt Rōmāna duguþe ġefeallen wæs, for þon þe hit wæs þēaw mid him on þām dagum þæt nān ōðer ne mōste gyldenne hring werian būtan hē æðeles cynnes wǣre.
- You could tell by the rings how much of the Roman nobility had fallen, because the custom back then was that no one could wear a gold ring unless they were from a noble family.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of werian (weak class 1)
infinitive | werian | werienne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | werie | werede |
second person singular | werest | weredest |
third person singular | wereþ | werede |
plural | weriaþ | weredon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | werie | werede |
plural | werien | wereden |
imperative | ||
singular | were | |
plural | weriaþ | |
participle | present | past |
weriende | (ġe)wered |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *warjan.
Cognate with Old Saxon werian, Middle Dutch weren (Dutch weren), Old High German werien (German wehren), Old Norse verja (Swedish värja).
Verb
[edit]werian
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of werian (weak class 1)
infinitive | werian | werienne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | werie | werede |
second person singular | werest | weredest |
third person singular | wereþ | werede |
plural | weriaþ | weredon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | werie | werede |
plural | werien | wereden |
imperative | ||
singular | were | |
plural | weriaþ | |
participle | present | past |
weriende | (ġe)wered |
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *weʀēn, from Proto-West Germanic *weʀēn, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to remain, dwell”).
Verb
[edit]werian
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of werian (weak class 2)
infinitive | werian | werienne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | weriġe | werode |
second person singular | werast | werodest |
third person singular | weraþ | werode |
plural | weriaþ | werodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | weriġe | werode |
plural | weriġen | weroden |
imperative | ||
singular | wera | |
plural | weriaþ | |
participle | present | past |
weriende | (ġe)werod |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: weren
Categories:
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wes- (dress)
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English lemmas
- Old English verbs
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old English class 1 weak verbs
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (heed)
- Old English class 2 weak verbs