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wearr

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wearr, es; m.
A piece of hard skin (particularly on the hands or feet), callosity
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  • Wear

    callus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 12.
  • War. i. 291, 8.
  • Wær

    callositas,

      Hpt. Gl. 490, 33.
  • Ða wearras and ða swylas ðe beóð on mannes handum oððe on óðrum limum,

      Lchdm. i. 356, 16.
  • Wiþ weartum and wearrum on lime, ii. 148, 26: Homl. Skt. i. 5, 139.
  • Fram þysum heardum wearrum,

      5, 198.
  • Weorras vel ill

    callos,

      Txts. 49, 400.
  • Uarras, 111, 13:

    callos, tensam cutem,

      114, 93.
  • Wearras, ilas callos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 48:

    calces,

      127, 45.
  • Wiþ wearras and wiþ swylas,

      Lchdm. i. 356, 11.
  • Wearras and weartan on weg tó ðonne,

      362, 17: ii. 150, 1,
Etymology
[Warre or knobbe of a tre vertex, Prompt. Parv. 516, and see note.]
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v.  weorras wear wearriht.
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  • wearr, n.