Middle English Dictionary Entry
wernen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | wernen v.(2) Also werne, (early) weorne; pl. (early) weorniað. |
| Etymology | OE weornian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To wither, waste away; shrivel up, dry up; of a plant: fade.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)137/21 : Hi blofað þanne oþre wyrt scrincað & weorniað [L arescunt].
- c1150 Wenne Wenne (Roy 4.A.14)10 : Wenne, wenne…clinge þu alswa col on heorþe…and weorne alswa weter on anbre; swa litel þu gewurþe, alswa linsetcorn and miccli lesse.
- ?c1335 Elde makiþ me (Hrl 913)p.171 : I nese, i nappe, i nifle, i nuche, And al þis wilneþ eld…I werne, i lutle, þer for i murne, Þus is mi wel iwent.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)29/215 : Þe riht hond…Of him weorned and wox al drie.