Wearp

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wearp

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: Hpt. Gl. 494, 1), ii. 83, 15: 26, 62. Of wearpe

Definitions

1 wearp

n. I. the warp, thread stretched lengthwise in a loom :-- Wearp stamen. Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 34: i. 59, 32: 66, 21: 282, 4. Línen wearp linostema, 40, 8. Be cembum wearpe de stuppe stamineo (de stuppae stamine, Ald. 51 and de stamine, Hpt. Gl. 494, 1. Wundene mé ne beóð wefle, ne ic wearp (uarp, Txts. 151, 5) hafu, Exon. Th. 417, 16; Rä. 36, 5. Wyllene wearp lanea stamina, Hpt. Gl. 417, 28. Wearpum stamina, 430, 74. II a pliant twig that may be used in basket-making. vimen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 73. [Warp, threde for webbynge stamen, licium, Prompt. ParO.H. Ger. warf, waraf stamen: Icel, varp a casting.] wearp

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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