A-werian
Dicionário Anglo-Saxónico de Inglês Antigo de Bosworth & Toller - a-werian
De acordo com o Dicionário de Inglês Antigo:
-wergan, -wergean ;
- a-werian
- p. ede ; pp. ed ; I. to ward off, defend, restrain, protect, cover; defendere, prohibere, protegere :-- Ðæt he hine eáþ awerian mǽge that he may easily defend him, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 388, 2. He hine awerede he defended himself, Ors, 3, 9 ; Bos. 68, 23, 29: 5. 3 ; Bos. 103, 25: Ps. Th. 105, 24. Ðú mín heáfod scealt on gefeohtdæge feóndum awergean obumbrasti caput meum in die belli, 139, 7. Ðú me oft aweredest wyrigra gemótes protexisti me a conventu malignantium, 63, 2: 55, 11. Ðeáh hit mon awerge wírum útan though it be covered with wires without, Exon. 111 a ; Th. 424, 30; Rä. 41, 47. II. to ward off from oneself, spurn from oneself; aspernari :-- Aweredon ða óðre aspernabantur ceteros, Lk. Rush. War. 18, 9. III. to wear, wear out; terere, deterere :-- Awered tritus, R. Ben. 55. v. werian. a-werian