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Weryit, ppl. adj. Also: weried, -yed, vereid, weyreit, weiried, vyreit, wiried, wearied. [e.m.E. weried (1538), wearied (1594), wearyed (1628).] a. Physically or mentally exhausted, worn out. Also transf.b. Sorrowful.a. a1585 Maitl. Q. 269/6.
Death … hes thair brethles weryit corps conuoyed to this pairt(b) 1624 Melrose P. 568.
Without house or holde to repoise thair weyreit bodyis in(c) 1650 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 602.
Having layed him to rest his weiried bodey(d) c1620 Boyd Zion's Fl. App. xvii.
My wearied soul he doth restore(e) 1644 11th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. vi 55.
Quhen euir it plisis God of greit goodness to finich the cours of this pilgrimag of my longsim and wiried layftransf. c1590 Fowler I 65/189.
Weryed rest was on the heighb. c1590 Fowler I 25/21.
Euery weried hart o'rcharg[d]e With bondles of there greif c1590 J. Stewart 33/111.
Vereid(b) c1590 J. Stewart 132/1.
Ve vyreit vichts … Dois vis ȝow veill, althocht ve be in vo