eldertongue

Old English · noun

hwer

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/xwer/
[ʍer]
Syllables
xwer (1 syllable)
Modern English
basincookingkettlepot

hwer1 · adverb · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of hwǣr

hwer2 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. kettle, pot, basin, cooking vessel

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of hwer
SingularPlural
Nominative hwerhweras
Accusative hwerhweras
Genitive hwereshwera
Dative hwerehwerum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwer, from Proto-Germanic *hweraz (“kettle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.

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