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w
e
r
N (masc, a-stem)
man
; male; husband; hero, warrior; civil
Source:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wer#Old_English
originates from: PGmc
*wira-
'man' (
pwgmc-final-a
) through pgmc-to-oe
(source:
Kroonen 2013
:588)
Inflected forms
weres
'man-GEN' (
oe-gen
)
in
Exeter Book Riddle 47
wera
'man
-gen.pl
' (
oe-gen-pl
)
in
Aelfric's Colloquy 4
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