Obs. rare. Also wori. [perh. to be referred to OE. wórian only intr. to wander, f. wōr-, root of wérig WEARY a., q.v.] trans. To trouble, disturb, confuse.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 386. Þis mong woreð [v.r. weorreð] so þe eien of þe heorte þet heo ne mei iknowen God.
c. 1330. Hali Meid. (MS. Bodl.), 714. Þet hare flesches eggunge, ne þe feondes fondunge … ne wori [v.r. weorri] hare heorte wit.
a. 1310. in Wright, Lyric P., iv. 24. Ther afterward this worldes won with muchel unwynne us woren wolde.
