Old English · noun
weler
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine / feminine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwe.ler/
- Syllables
- ˈwe · ler (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- lip
Meaning
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lip
God ġesċōp ūs twā ēagan and twā ēaran, twā nosþyrlu and twēġen weoloras, twā handa and twēġen fēt.
God made us two eyes and two ears, two nostrils and two lips, two hands and two feet.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Preface to Genesis":
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From a metathetic alteration of Proto-Germanic *werulō, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *weruz (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“high, raised area, tuber, lump, blister”).
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