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Old English · adjective

werig

Normalised wēriġ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈweː.rij/
Syllables
ˈweː · rij (2 syllables)
Modern English
wearyfatiguedtiredexhausted

Meaning

  1. weary, tired, exhausted, fatigued

    Ne mæġ wēriġ mōd · wyrde wiðstondan, ne sē hrēo hyġe · helpe ġefremman.

    A weary mind cannot withstand fate, nor the worried mind help out.

    Exeter Book, The Wanderer

Declension

All forms (20)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wōrīgaz, *wōrijaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weH- (“spend night, sleep”). Compare Old Norse ǿrr, Old Saxon wōrig.

Descendants

weary

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