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weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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§66; §85; §94; §106; §111; §168; §225; §226; §231; §238; §239; §253; §263; §299; §301; §302; §305; §474; §476; §488; §500; §637;
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  • Heó mid þám cilde wearð sóna and þæt gebær,

      Wlfst. 22, 9.
  • Hit is áwriten ðætte úre Hǽlend wurde beaftan his méder and his mágum. Past. 385, 20.
add: (a) weorþan æt
to be at something; cf. (b 2)
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  • Þá wurdon hí æt sprǽce, oþ ꝥ Dúnstán rehte be Sancte Eádmunde,

      Hml. S. 32, 4. (bl) :--
    Eft hé gehwearf tó him selfum, and wearð on his ágenum gewitte, Past. 273, 15.
  • Þ hús fǽrlíce eall on fýre wearð. Hml. S. 26, 230.

  • Hé wearð on micelre untrumnesse,

      Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 17.

  • Wurdon ealle þá gebróþor on þǽm Arianiscan gedwolan,

      6, 31; S. 284, 15. (c 3) :--
    Hanna mid eallum his folce wearð Rómánum tó gafolgieldum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 170, 26.

  • Heora gedearf cc and xxx, and LXX wearð tó láfe,

      S. 176, 19.
I. v. æfter-weard;
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  • Swá ꝥ hé árás of þám bedde and wearð uppon his horse

    ut de lecto surgeret, et ascenso equo,

      Gr. D. 82, 30; Chr. 1048; P. 172, 24.

  • Þá deófla siþþan of þám geswenctum mannum mid wundorlicum gebǽrum wurdon him sóna fram,

      Hml. S. 31, 1212.

  • Swilce hé on sume hlǽdre stíge and wylle weorðan uppe on sumum sǽclife. Gif hé uppe on ðám clife wyrð,

      Solil. H. 45, 17-19.
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  • Hé wearp út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormæte leax,

      Hml. S. 31, 1274.
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  • Hé ne wearð náfre náne yfele dǽda wyrcende,

      Nic. l, 19. (2 b) :-- On
    þǽm swicdóme wearð Numantia duguð gefeallen. Ors. 5, 3 ; S. 222, 8.

  • Binnan feáwum dagum hí wúrdon forðférde,

      Gr. D. 152, 20.

  • Hié wǽron on þǽre ondrǽdinge hwonne hié on þá eorþan besuncene wurden,

      Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 15. ¶
    ¶ Hǽlend, syððan hé tó ðisum lífe cóm, and man wearð geweaxen, Hml. Th. i. 258, 10.
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v. á-weorþan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weorþan.” 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/60424.

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