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Old English · adjective

werigmod

Normalised wēriġmōd

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈweː.rijˌmoːd/
Syllables
ˈweː · rij · ˌmoːd (3 syllables)
Modern English
weary-mindedminded

Meaning

  1. weary-minded

    heard heortan ġeþōht, · swylċe habban sċeal blīþe ġebǣro, · ēac þon brēostċeare, sinsorgna ġedreag · sȳ æt him sylfum ġelong eal his worulde wyn, · sȳ ful wīde fāh feorres folclondes, · þæt mīn frēond siteð under stānhliþe, · storme behrīmed, wine wēriġmōd, · wætre beflōwen on drēorsele.

    May the young man always be sad-minded, stern thought of heart, also shall have blithe bearing, also with breast-sorrow, the band of great-worries would be with him all along his world’s mirth, be he fully outlawed in a far folks-land so that my lover sits under a stone cliff, frost-covered by storm, weary-minded lord, overflown by water in the dreary-hall.

    Ā sċyle ġeong mon · wesan ġeōmormōd,

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

From wēriġ (“weary”) + mōd (“mind”).

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