† wered Obs.
Forms: α. 1 werud, -od (2 wærod), 1–3 wered; 1 weorod, 1, 3 weored; 1 north. uorud, 3 wored. β. 2–3 werd, 3 word, 3–4 wird, 4 weird.
[OE. werod, weorod, etc., without parallels in the cognate languages.]
A band, troop, company, host.
| α c 725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) A 407 Agmen, weorod. 971 Blickl. Hom. 131 Ac se heaþrym þæs Godes hades þæm englicum weorodum simle ondweard wæs. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 34 Ealle þas þing se hælend spræc mid biᵹ-spellum to þam weredum. Ibid. Mark xv. 16 Hi to-somne eall werod clypedon. c 1205 Lay. 2598 He bi-com..vppen ane weorede of wlfan awedde. a 1225 Ancr. R. 30 Ase þer beoð niene englene ordres [MSS. B, C weoredes]. a 1240 Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 195 Al englene were[d] and alle holie þing Siggeð and singeð þet tu ert liues welsprung. |
| Comb. c 1205 Lay. 509 Ȝif he heom mihte bi-winnen mid his wored strencðe. |
| β c 1160 Hatton Gosp. Luke vi. 17 He stod on feldlicere stowe & micel werd hys leorningcnihte. a 1225 St. Marher. 22 Hali is..þe lauerd of heouene riche wordes. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1786 Als he cam ner cananeam, Engel wirð [sic] a-gen him cam. Ibid. 1790 Ðor ðis wird of engeles metten him. a 1275 Prov. Alfred 697 in O.E. Misc. 138 Bi ford dages he is aferd of sticke & ston in huge werd. a 1300 Cursor M. 20282 He þat i bar, þat bligh brid, Sal me send of heuen wird [Gött. weird]. |