v. Obs. Also 1 woerda, 3 weordenn. [OE. (Anglian) werdan (Northumb. wœrda), = WS. *wierdan, wyrdan, f. the stem ward- (WS. weard-), which appears also in OS. a-wardian, -werdian, OHG. wart(i)an, wertan (MHG. werten), far-warten, Goth. fra-wardjan to spoil, corrupt, injure, etc., with cognates in the Slavonic languages.] trans. To harm or injure.
c. 725. Corpus Gloss. (Hessels), O 136. Officit, werdit.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Luke vii. 45. Ða meniʓo ðec ʓeðringað & woerdað [L. affligunt].
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Thorpe), lxxvi. 4. Wæron eaʓan mine eac mid wæcceum werded swyþe.
c. 1100. Ælfred’s Boeth. (Bodl. MS.), xvi. § 2. Þa smalan wyrmas, þa ðone mon ʓe innan ʓe uton werdaþ [Cott. MS. wyrdaþ].
c. 1200. Ormin, 4251. Þe flæshess fule wille, Þatt allre werrst … Werdeþþ þe wrecche sawle. Ibid., 6249. Ne birrþ þe shendenn nani mann Ne weordenn þine þannkess.
