,
_defensive
fight, fight in self-defence_: dat.
Beowulf
on weres wæstmum (_in man's form_), 1353; nom.
pl.
weras, 216, 1223, 1234, 1441, 1651; dat.
pl.
werum, 1257; gen.
pl.
wera,
120, 994, 1732, 3001; (MS.
weora), 2948.
wered, st.
n.
, (as adj.
= _sweet_), _a sort of beer_ (probably without hops
or such ingredients): acc.
sg.
scīr wered, 496.
were-feohte, f.
,
_defensive
fight, fight in self-defence_: dat.
pl.
for
were-fyhtum (fere fyhtum, MS.
), 457.
werhðo, st.
f.
, _curse, outlawry, condemnation_: acc.
sg.
þū in helle
scealt werhðo drēogan, 590.
werian, _to defend, protect_: w.
vb.
, pres.
sg.
III.
beaduscrūda .
.
