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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1893

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WIRNED, pa.p. Also wirrned. Become, happened to (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1908 Jak. (1928)).Sh. 1893 Sinclair MS. 10:
Guid be prasent, quat's wirrn'd o' hit?

[Norw. dial. voren, in a certain state or condition, so arranged, reduced form of O.N. (v)orðinn, pa.p. of verða, to become + -ed, pa.p. suff. Cf. note to Langvurden.]

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