Old English · noun

wer

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /wer/
Syllables: wer (1 syllable)
Modern English: weir wer man civil husband

wer1 · noun · masculine

Senses

man

wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.

thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.
forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge
male

Ǣġþer is mann ġe wer ġe wīf.

A person is either a male or a female.
c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
husband
hero, warrior
civil

werrēaf

civil dress, civil clothing

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of wer
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wer	weras
Accusative	wer	weras
Genitive	weres	wera
Dative	were	werum

wer2 · noun · masculine

Senses

weir

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of wer
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wer	weras
Accusative	wer	weras
Genitive	weres	wera
Dative	were	werum

wer3 · verb · alternative form

Senses

alternative form of wǣron

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German wer, Old Norse verr, Gothic (wair). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrà), Old Irish fer, Lithuanian výras.

From Proto-West Germanic *wari, from Proto-Germanic *warją. Cognate with Old Saxon wer, werr, Old High German wer, Old Norse ver.

Descendants

wer, were, weir

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