Old English · noun

wifer

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈwi.fer/
[ˈwi.ver]
Syllables: ˈwi · fer (2 syllables)
Modern English: missile dart javelin

Meaning

missile, arrow, javelin, dart

Declension

Declension of wifer
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wifer	wifras
Accusative	wifer	wifras
Genitive	wifres	wifra
Dative	wifre	wifrum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wibr, from Proto-Germanic *wibraz (“missile”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp-, *weyb- (“to oscillate; swing”). Cognate with Old Norse vifr (“sword”).

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