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  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wer, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§42; §80; §278; §335;
a man, a male person
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  • Wer oððe wǽpman

    vir,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 11.

  • Wer wintrum geong (

    Isaac

    ),
      Cd. Th. 174, 34; Gen. 2888.

  • Wíffæst wer

    a married man,

      L. C. S. 55; Th. i. 406, 14.

  • Se Godes wer Sanctus Martinus,

      Blickl. Homl. 213, 36.

  • Se eádiga wer,

      215, 31.

  • Se weor (wer, Rush.)

    uir,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 38.

  • Woer (wer,

      W. S., Rush.), 9, 38.

  • Of ðæs weres (

    viri) handa ic ofgange ðæs mannes (hominis )

    líf,
      Gen. 9, 5.

  • On weres háde,

      Elen. Kmbl. 144; El. 72: Apstls. Kmbl. 53; Ap. 27.

  • Ðæs weres tíd sc̃i Symforiani,

      Shrn. 119, 17.

  • Gelíc ðam wísan were (

    viro

    ),
      Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24.

  • Ic nǽnigne wer (

    uirum,

      Lk. 1, 34) ne ongeat, Blickl. Homl. 7, 21.

  • Wundne wer (cf. gewundodne monn,

      Bt. 15; Fox 48, 16), Met. 8, 35.

  • Gé Galiléiscan weras

    uiri Galilei,

      Blickl. Homl. 123, 20.

  • Niniuetisce weras (wæras

    viri,

      Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 12, 41.

  • Týn hreófe weras (wæras, Lind.: wearas, Rush.

    uiri

    ),
      Lk. Skt. 17, 12.

  • Fíftig rihtwísra wera

    quinquaginta justos,

      Gen. 18, 26.

  • Wælrǽs weora,

      Beo. Th. 5886; B. 2947.

  • Fíf ðúsendo wæro ł wærana (weorona, Rush.,

    uirorum

    ),
      Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 44.

  • Ymbseted mid syxtigum werum ðǽm strengestum ðe on Israhélum wǽron,

      Blickl. Homl. 11, 17.

  • Hálige weoras

    viros sanctos,

      Bd. 5, 10; S. 623, 41. I a. in
    n

  • Ðeós bið gecíged fǽmne, for ðam ðe heó ys of were genumen

    haec vocabitur virago, quoniam de viro sumpta est,

      Gen. 2, 23.

  • Gif wíf be óðrum were forlicge,

      L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 6.

  • Gif oxa ofhníte wer oþþe wíf (

    virum aut mulierem

    ),
      L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 27: Exon. Th. 225, 24; Ph. 394.

  • Weras mid wífum,

      Cd. Th. 104, 20; Gen. 1738.

  • Weras, wíf samod,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3330; An. 1668.

  • Weras and wíf,

      Exon. Th. 448, 26; Dóm. 60.

  • Weras and idesa,

      176, 7; Gú. 1205.

  • Eall wífa cynn and wera,

      Blickl. Homl. 5, 24: Beo. Th. 1990; B. 993.

  • Twá hund and eahta and feówertig wera, and nigon and feówertig wífa,

      Blickl. Homl. 239, 14.

  • Bletsung gemǽne werum and wífum,

      Exon. Th. 7, 14; Cri. 101.

  • Ge weras ge wíf,

      Blickl. Homl. 107, 11. ¶ in
    the plural the word seems sometimes to include women as well as men :-- Hé wolde for wera synnum eall áǽðan, Cd. Th. 77, 23; Gen. 1279.

  • Folcdryht wera, sáwla gehwylce,

      Exon. Th. 66, 5; Cri. 1067.

  • Wera endestæf (cf. Blickl. Homl. 239, 14

    supra

    ),
      Andr. Kmbl. 270; An. 135.

  • Heofones gim, wyncondel wera,

      Exon. Th. 174, 31; Gú. 1186.

  • In wera lífe,

      26, 13; Cri. 416.

  • Wera cneórissum,

      347, 4; Sch. 7.

  • Ðú ne wilnast weora ǽniges deáð,

      Ps. C. 54.

  • Feówertig daga níð wæs wællgrim werum,

      Cd. Th. 83, 23; Gen. 1384: 109, 1; Gen. 1816.

  • Lencten on tún geliden hæfde werum tó wícum,

      Menol. Fox 58; Men. 29.

  • Næs ðǽr hláfes wist werum,

      Andr. Kmbl. 43; An. 22.

  • Fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan, eall ácwellan ða beútan beóð earce bordum,

      Cd. Th. 81, 28; Gen. 1352.
a man, a male that has reached man's estate
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  • Ðá áworden ic am uoer ic giídlade ða ðe uoeron lytles

    quando factus sum vir, evacuavi quae erant parvuli,

      Rtl. 6, 19.

  • Fíf þúsenda wera (wearana, Lind.: weora, Rush.,

    virorum

    ) bútan wífum and cildum,
      Mt. Kmbl. 14, 21.

  • Ic mægen wera (

    virorum

    ) eom, and litlincgas nellaþ forbígean mé,
      Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 1.

  • Weras and wífmen and ða wépendan cild,

      Jos. 6, 21.
a being in the form of a man
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  • Grendel, wonsǽlig wer (cf. 2708; B. 1352

    supra

    ),
      Beo. Th. 210; B. 105.

  • Twégen weras (wæras, Lind.: wearas, Rush.,

    uiri

    ) Móysés and
      Hélias, Lk. Skt. 9, 30.

  • Abraham geseah þrí weras standende him gehende,

      Gen. 18, 2.
a married or a betrothed man, a man (as in man and wife), a husband, v. wer-leás
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  • Swá micel swá ðæs wífes wer (

    maritus mulieris

    ) girnþ,
      Ex. 21, 22.

  • Hereríc hire wer (

    vir ejus

    ),
      Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 44.

  • Be ðon ðe ryhtgesamhíwan bearn hæbben, and ðonne se wer gewíte,

      L. In. 38; Th. i. 126, 2.

  • Wer and wíf beóð in ánum líchoman,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 13: Exon. Th. 327, 11; Vy. 2: Blickl. Homl. 185, 26.

  • Ðæt hé hý healdan wille swá wær his wíf sceal,

      L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 7.

  • Iósep hyre wer (

    vir

    ),
      Mt. Kmbl. 1, 19.

  • Wearð seó módor gegremod æfter hire weres forðsíðe fram hire cilde,

      Homl. Th. ii. 30, 4.

  • Geong wuduwe mót eft ceorlian æfter hire weres forðsíðe,

      L. Ælfc. P. 43; Th. ii. 382, 32.

  • Heó leofode mid hyre were seofan gér of hyre fǽmnháde,

      Lk. Skt. 2, 36: Cd. Th. 134, 1; Gen. 2218.

  • Gif mon hǽme mid monnes wífe, gebéte ðam were,

      L. Alf. pol. 10; Th. i. 68, 9: Exon. Th. 153, 6; Gú. 821.

  • Gif wuduwe binnan geáres fæce wer geceóse,

      L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 8.

  • Wær,

      L. Edm. B. 4; Th. i. 254, 16.

  • Iósep, Marian wer (wær, Rush.,

    virum

    ),
      Mt. Kmbl. 1, 16.

  • Hié noldan heora wera ræstgemánan sécean,

      Blickl. Homl. 173, 16.

  • Heora wíf him sǽdon, ðæt hié him woldon óðerra wera ceósan (

    sobolem se a finitimis quaesituras

    ),
      Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 22.

  • Wíf ic lǽrde ðæt hié heora weras lufedan,

      Blickl. Homl. 185, 23.
a male,
of human beings
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  • Wer and wíf hé gesceóp hí

    masculum et feminam creavit eos,

      Gen. 5, 2.
of plants
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  • Ys ðeós wyrt twégea cynna, ðæt is wer (wær,

    v. l.

    ) and wíf,
      Lchdm. i. 204, 9.

  • Ðeós wyrt is twéga cynna, óðer ys wíf, óðer wer, 252, 20. V a. in grammar,

    masculine gender :-- Participia

    belimpaþ tó þrým cynnum, tó were and tó wífe and tó náðrum cynne,
      Ælfc. Gr. 39; Zup. 243, 19.
Etymology
[Orm. O. and N. Gen. and Ex. were: Laym. were (dat.): Goth. wair: O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. wer: Icel. verr: Lat. vir.]
Similar entries
v. dryht-, folc-, húsel-, leód-, riht-wer.
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v.  wíf.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wer.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/35342.

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