Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
weary — wearily, adv. weariness, n. wearyingly, adv. /wear ee/, adj., wearier, weariest, v., wearied, wearying. adj. 1. physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain. 2. characterized by … Universalium
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… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
weary — (adj.) O.E. werig tired, related to worian to wander, totter, from W.Gmc. *worigaz (Cf. O.S. worig weary, O.H.G. wuorag intoxicated ), of unknown origin. The verb is O.E. wergian (intr.), gewergian (trans.). Related: Wearied; wearying … Etymology dictionary
woren — v. a. == trouble, disturb. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. worian … Oldest English Words
weary — wea•ry [[t]ˈwɪər i[/t]] adj. ri•er, ri•est, 1) physically or mentally exhausted; fatigued; tired 2) characterized by or causing fatigue: a weary journey[/ex] 3) impatient or dissatisfied with something (often fol. by of): weary of excuses[/ex] 4) … From formal English to slang
u̯ōro-, -ā (*su̯ōro-) — u̯ōro , ā (*su̯ōro ) English meaning: deceit; madness Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schwindel, Wahnsinn” Material: Gk. ὡρᾱκιᾶν “ senseless, unconscious become, erblassen” belongs to a stem ὠρᾱκ ; independent therefrom alts. wōrig… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
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
