Obs. [OE. weorf (rare) a beast of burden.] A ‘beast’ for riding on.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 79. [He] bond his wunden & brohte him huppen his werue. Ibid., 85. Uppen his werue, þet is unorne mare. [= Lk. x. 34 in jumentum suum.]

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