-wyrde

Old English Etymology Compound words from ang gem-pro *wurdiją. More at ang word. Pronunciation -wyrde Suffix -wyrde forms adjectives indicating having a specified type of speech ang fæġer<t:fair, beautiful> fæġerwyrde<t:smooth-speaking> ang The Exeter Book A Father's Instruction 1895 10th century Israel Gollancz https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Exeter_Book_(Gollancz-Mackie)/Part_1/A_Father%27s_Instruction 11-12 Wes ðū ðīnum yldrum ārfæst symle, fæġerwyrde Be thou ever honourable to thine elders, fair in word ang biter<t:bitter> biterwyrde<t:bitter in speech> ang The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church On the Holy Day of Pentecost 1844 c. 989-995 w:Ælfric Benjamin Thorpe þæt gē ne bēon tō biterwyrde, ne bealufulle on mōde That ye be not bitter in speech, nor baleful in spirit https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Homilies_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_Church/XXII Derived terms ang bealdwyrde<t:bold in speech> biterwyrde<t:bitter in speech> fæġerwyrde<t:fair in speech> felawyrde<t:many-worded, talkative> hōcorwyrde<t:scornful, derisive> hrædwyrde<t:hasty in speech> līþwyrde<t:gentle in speech> snotorwyrde<t:prudent in speech> stuntwyrde<t:foolish in speech> swǣswyrde<t:pleasant in speech> wærwyrde<t:wary, cautious in speech> wīswyrde<t:wise in speech>