merewerig

Old English

Etymology

From mere (sea) +‎ wēriġ (weary).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.re.kɑ.rij/

Adjective

merewēriġ

  1. weary by sea
    • 10th century, The Seafarer:
      þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen
      wǣron mīne fēt, · forste ġebunden,
      caldum clommum, · þǣr þā ċeare sēofedun.
      Hāt ymb heortan · hungor innan slāt
      merewērġes mōd. · Þæt sē mon ne wāt
      then it beats near cliffs. My feet were
      squeezed by cold, bound by frost,
      with cold fetters, when there we bemoaned
      sorrows. Hot about heart, hunger within tore
      a sea-weary mind. The man didn't know that,

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