"wiersa" meaning in Old English

See wiersa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwi͜yr.sɑ/, [ˈwi͜yrˠ.sɑ]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Old Frisian wirra, Old High German wirsiro, Old Norse verri (Swedish värre), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰 (wairsiza). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ang|inh|gem-pro>*wirsizô>worse|id=worse}}, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wirsizô}} Proto-Germanic *wirsizô, {{cog|ofs|wirra}} Old Frisian wirra, {{cog|goh|wirsiro}} Old High German wirsiro, {{cog|non|verri}} Old Norse verri, {{cog|sv|värre}} Swedish värre, {{cog|got|𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰}} Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰 (wairsiza) Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|wiersa}} Forms: weak [table-tags], wiersa [masculine, nominative, singular], wierse [feminine, nominative, singular], wierse [neuter, nominative, singular], wiersan [accusative, masculine, singular], wiersan [accusative, feminine, singular], wierse [accusative, neuter, singular], wiersan [genitive, masculine, singular], wiersan [feminine, genitive, singular], wiersan [genitive, neuter, singular], wiersan [dative, masculine, singular], wiersan [dative, feminine, singular], wiersan [dative, neuter, singular], wiersan [instrumental, masculine, singular], wiersan [feminine, instrumental, singular], wiersan [instrumental, neuter, singular], wiersan [masculine, nominative, plural], wiersan [feminine, nominative, plural], wiersan [neuter, nominative, plural], wiersan [accusative, masculine, plural], wiersan [accusative, feminine, plural], wiersan [accusative, neuter, plural], wiersra [genitive, masculine, plural], wiersena [genitive, masculine, plural], wiersra [feminine, genitive, plural], wiersena [feminine, genitive, plural], wiersra [genitive, neuter, plural], wiersena [genitive, neuter, plural], wiersum [dative, masculine, plural], wiersum [dative, feminine, plural], wiersum [dative, neuter, plural], wiersum [instrumental, masculine, plural], wiersum [feminine, instrumental, plural], wiersum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. comparative degree of yfel: worse Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: yfel (extra: worse) Synonyms: wyrsa
    Sense id: en-wiersa-ang-adj-8WlKFxrX Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "worse"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: worse, wars, warse, weers, weorse, werce, wers, werse, wershe, wersse, wirse, wors, worsse, wærse, werrse, wrse, wurse (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: worse\n→ Cantonese: worse (Hong Kong)\nScots: warse",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: worse, wars, warse, weers, weorse, werce, wers, werse, wershe, wersse, wirse, wors, worsse, wærse, werrse, wrse, wurse (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: worse\n→ Cantonese: worse (Hong Kong)\nScots: warse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "gem-pro>*wirsizô>worse",
        "id": "worse"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wirsizô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wirsizô",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "wirra"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian wirra",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wirsiro"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wirsiro",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "verri"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse verri",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "värre"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish värre",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰 (wairsiza)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Old Frisian wirra, Old High German wirsiro, Old Norse verri (Swedish värre), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰 (wairsiza).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wiersa"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "worse",
          "word": "yfel"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative degree of yfel: worse"
      ],
      "id": "en-wiersa-ang-adj-8WlKFxrX",
      "links": [
        [
          "yfel",
          "yfel#Old_English"
        ],
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wyrsa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwi͜yr.sɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwi͜yrˠ.sɑ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wiersa"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "worse"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: worse, wars, warse, weers, weorse, werce, wers, werse, wershe, wersse, wirse, wors, worsse, wærse, werrse, wrse, wurse (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: worse\n→ Cantonese: worse (Hong Kong)\nScots: warse",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: worse, wars, warse, weers, weorse, werce, wers, werse, wershe, wersse, wirse, wors, worsse, wærse, werrse, wrse, wurse (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: worse\n→ Cantonese: worse (Hong Kong)\nScots: warse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "gem-pro>*wirsizô>worse",
        "id": "worse"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wirsizô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wirsizô",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "wirra"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian wirra",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wirsiro"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wirsiro",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "verri"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse verri",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "värre"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish värre",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰 (wairsiza)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Old Frisian wirra, Old High German wirsiro, Old Norse verri (Swedish värre), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰 (wairsiza).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiersum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wiersa"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English comparative adjectives",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English non-lemma forms",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wers- (rise)",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "worse",
          "word": "yfel"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative degree of yfel: worse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yfel",
          "yfel#Old_English"
        ],
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwi͜yr.sɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwi͜yrˠ.sɑ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wyrsa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wiersa"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.