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wera

man-gen.pl

Attested in Aelfric's Colloquy 4
Lemma: wer 'man' (oe-gen-pl)

wer

N (masc, a-stem)

man; male; husband; hero, warrior; civil

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
Paradigms