wer

Definitions

1. 1.

   man

   forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.

   thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ...ðā ðā hǣðenan āhēowon þæt trēow mid ormǣtre blisse, þæt hit brastliende sāh tō ðām hālgan were, hetelīċe swīðe. Þā worhte hē onġēan ðām hrēosendum trēowe þǣs Hǣlendes rōde tācn, and hit ðǣrrihte ætstōd, wende ðā onġēan, and hrēas underbæc, and fornēan offēoll ðā ðe hit ǣr forcurfon.

   Then the heathens cut down the tree with great joy, so that, rustling, it fell towards the holy man very violently. Then he made the sign of the Savior's cross to the falling tree, and it immediately stood still, turned around, and fell backwards, and almost fell upon those who had previously cut it.

2. 2.

   male

   c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English Ǣġþer is mann ġe wer ġe wīf.

   A person is either a male or a female.

3. 3.

   husband

4. 4.

   hero, warrior

5. 5.

   civil

   werrēaf

   civil dress, civil clothing

   werþēod

   people, nation

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1. 1.

   weir

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