wórian

wórian
wv/i2 to roam, wander, wander about; (1) literal, to wander about, ramble, be a vagabond; (1a) of the movements of the planets; (2) figurative in various senses; move round, totter, crumble to pieces; [wór, wérig] [listed as wórigan]

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  • weary — [OE] Weary is descended from a West Germanic *wōriga, whose other offspring have all died out. It was formed from the base *wōr , which also produced Old English wōrian ‘wander, totter’ and Old Norse örr ‘mad’, but its ultimate ancestry is… …   Word origins

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