- weornian
- \weornian1 wv/t2 to pine away, become weak, fade, wither, destroy
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
weornian
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Wizen — Wiz en, v. i. [OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian to decay, OHG. wesan?n to grow dry, G. verwesen to rot, Icel. visna to wither, Sw. vissna, Dan. visne, and probably to L. virus an offensive odor, poison. Cf. {Virus}.] To wither; to dry.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wisnian — wv/t2 to dry up, wither, waste away; [weornian] … Old to modern English dictionary
u̯ei-2, u̯ei̯ǝ- : u̯ī̆- — u̯ei 2, u̯ei̯ǝ : u̯ī̆ English meaning: to wither Deutsche Übersetzung: “welken” Note: extended u̯ī t and u̯ei s Material: Lat. viēscō, ere “verwelken, verschrumpfen”, viētus “ wilted; faded, flaccid, withered, verschrumpft”;… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
