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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
Paradigms