[ ±werian] (æ) I. to guard, keep, defend, AO: ward off, hinder, prevent, forbid: occupy, inhabit, Gu 322: dam up, CP 4692.

[II.] to clothe, cover over: put on, ‘wear,’ use.

wērian = [wērgian]

[ weriend] m. defender, Æ.

[ werig] = [wyrig]

[ wērig] ‘weary,’ tired, exhausted, miserable, sad, AO, CP: unfortunate. [[wōr]]

werigan = [werian]

werigcweðan = [wyrgcweðan]

werigend = [weriend]

[ wērigferhð] † adj. weary, cast down.