For-wered

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-wered

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-wered

Take here for-werod in Dict., and add; Used-up :-- Foruerit abusus, Txts. 109, 1135. (1) of material, worn out :-- In wéde ald l foruered in vestimentum vetus, Mt. L. 9, 16. (2) of persons, decrepit :-- Forwered decrepita (anicula), An. Ox. 2109. Eald wíf ... þonne heó forwerod byð and teámes ætealdod, Hml. A. 20, 158. Cild oððe forwerod man, Hml. Th. i. 236, 25. Wǽron hí bútan cilde oð þæt hí wǽron forwerede menn, 202, 1. Hit is swíðe ungedafenlic þæt forwerode menn and untýmende gifta wilnian, ii. 94, 11. (2 a) of advanced age :-- Forweredre decrepitae (uetustatis), An. Ox. 2522. Seó þridde wæcce is on forweredre ylde, Hml. A. 52, 69. Þá forweredan decrepitam (senectam), An. Ox. 2411. [N. E. D. forwear.] for-wered

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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