awerian

Equivalent to ā- +‎ werian

• āweriġan, āwerġan

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈwer.jɑn/, [ɑːˈwerˠ.jɑn]
• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈwe.ri.ɑn/

āwerian

1. to ward off
2. to defend, protect
3. to cover
   • Exeter Book, riddle 40

     Iċ eom fæġerre frætwum goldes,
     þēah hit mon awerġe wīrum ūtan

     I am fairer than treasures of gold,
     though they be covered with wires

4. to wear, wear out

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “á-werian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.