weorðan

sv/i3 3^rd pres wíerþ past wearþ/wurdon ptp is geworden 1. absolute, (1) to come to be to be made, to arise, come, be; (2) to come to pass, to be done, to happen, to take place, befall, come, be; þá wearþ micel gefeoht then much fighting took place; (2a) when the object affected by what happens is given; 2. to become, be made, be, (1) with predicative substantive; (2) with predicative adjective, to get, grow; þá wearþ hé druncen then he got drunk; (3) with prepositional phrase; héo wearþ mid cilde she was made with child; (4) with adverb, (a) where the subject is given; (b) with impersonal construction; wearþ mé on hige léohte it was made light for me on hay; 3. with prepositions (see 4 also), (a) \weorðan of w.d., to come from, be caused by, be produced from or by; hwý þæt ís mæge weorþan of wætere why that ice may be produced from water; (b) \weorðan on w.a., (1) to get into a state of being, feeling, to become the adjective connected with the noun, get; gif hé wierþ on ungeþylde if he gets impatient; þá wearþ Holofernus on gytesálum he grew merry; (2) to get into a state of action, to come to be doing something, to fall to an action, to take to; þonne hit on ryne wierþ when it gets running; híe weorðaþ on murcnunga they fall grumbling; (3) to come to be something, become, turn into; hé mé is geworden on hǽlu he turned into my salvation; (c) \weorðan tó w.d., (1) of change in material condition, to become, turn to; þu eart dúst, and tó dúste wierst thou art dust, and will turn to dust; (2) of the state or condition to which things come, of the event of matters, to become, have as issue, come to; ǽlc þing wierþ tó náhte each thing comes to naught; tó hwon sculon wit weorðan what is to become of us?; (3) where a character or function is taken by anything, to become, turn, turn to; mé tó ealdorbanan weorðeþ wráðra sum some fell one will become the destroyer of my life; ic tó meldan wearþ I turned informer; (4) where a result is brought about, to become, prove a source of; séo oferung þé wearþ tó sáre the superabundance proved a source of sorrow; (5) to become, be an object of; ic eom geworden mannum tó leahtrunge and tó forsewennesse I was an object of derogation and contempt for men; (d) \weorðan æt to be at something; þá wurdon híe æt sprǽce they were at speaking; 4. implying movement, change of position, (1) literal, to come, get (a) with prepositions; þonne hé betwux ús and hire wierþ then he comes between us and her; gif híe on þǽm wuda weorðaþ if they get in the wood; hé wearþ him on ánum scipe he got him (reflex) on board a ship; (b) with adverbs; gif éage of weorþ if an eye comes out; gif fót of weorþ if a foot comes off; hé wearþ him áwege he went away, got off; híe sume inne wurdon some of them got inside; (2) figurative; Adames cynn onféhþ flǽsce, weorðeþ foldræste æt ende Adam's race shall receive flesh shall come to the end of its rest on Earth; 5. as an auxiliary with participles, (1) present; ic wurðe siþþan geómriende I was then mourning; (2) past, (a) of transitive verbs, forming a passive voice; éow weorðaþ forgiefen, hwæt gé sprecaþ to you is forgiven what ye speak; (b) of intransitive verbs; þé sunu weorðeþ cumen for thee is a son come; 6. on fléam \weorðan to flee; ástýred \weorðan to be or become anxious; ætgrǽpe \weorðan to seize; tíða/tíðe \weorðan to become a sharer in, receiver, grantee