Etymograph : wer

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N (masc, a-stem)

man; male; husband; hero, warrior; civil

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wer#Old_English

Attested in Exeter Book Riddle 47 ("weres"), Aelfric's Colloquy 4 ("wera")

originates from: PGmc *wira- "man" (pwgmc-final-a) through pgmc-to-oe

(source: Kroonen 2013:588)

Inflected forms

weres "man.gen" (oe-gen)

wera "man.gen.pl" (oe-gen-pl)