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weler

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
weler, (-ur, -or), weolor (-ur, -er), es; m.: e; f.
A lip,
masculine or uncertain
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  • Weler

    labium,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 70, 48.

  • Wæler

    labrum,

      64, 53.

  • Welor

    labium,

      282, 69: ii. 51, 67.

  • Neoðera welor

    album,

      7, 79.

  • Weolure

    labio,

      Lchdm. i. lxx, 4.

  • Weleras

    labia,

      Ps. Spl. 11, 2, 4: 65, 12: Ps. Th. 62, 5: 65, 12: Kent. Gl. 1002.

  • Weleras (weloras,

      Cott. MSS.), Past. 15; Swt. 91, 17.

  • Weleras (welras,

    v. l.

    ),
      R. Ben. 2, 22.

  • Weoloras,

      Ps. Th. 30, 20.

  • Welera

    labiorum,

      Ps. Spl. 20, 2.

  • Welerum labiis, 62, 6: 119, 2: Mt. Kmbl. 15, 8: Mk. Skt. 7, 6: Homl. Th. ii. 450, 26:

    labellis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 68.

  • Wælerum

    labiis,

      Rtl. 174, 17.

  • Walerum,

      179, 11.

  • Welrum buccis, buccellis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 66:

    labellis,

      Hpt. Gl. 507, 46.

  • Weolorum

    labiis,

      Ps. Th. 11, 2: 20, 2.

  • Wiþ sárum weolorum, gesmire mid hunige ða weoloras,

      Lchdm. ii. 54, 20.

  • Weleras

    labia,

      Ps. Spl. 11, 3: Homl. Th. i. 568, 33: Exon. Th. 363, 15; Wal. 54.

  • Weoloras,

      Ps. Th. 11, 3.
in Ps. Surt., and occasionally elsewhere, the word is feminine
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  • Wégende welere lying lips; labium mentiens (cf. [wele]ra

    labium,

    418),
      Kent. Gl. 596.

  • Welure

    labia,

      Ps. Surt. 11, 3.

  • Weolure,

      62, 6: 65, 14: 70, 23.

  • Weolere,

      30, 19: 62, 4.

  • Weolre,

      11, 5: 118, 171.

  • Weolera

    labiorum,

      20, 3: 58, 13.

  • Weolerum

    labiis,

      58, 8: 118, 13: 119, 2: 139, 3.

  • Weolure

    labia,

      11, 4.

  • Ic ne wirne míne welora

    labia mea non prohibebo,

      Past. 49; Swt. 380, 10.

  • Gif mannes múð sár sié, genim betonican . . . lege on ða weolore,

      Lchdm. ii. 48, 29.
Etymology
[Goth. wairiló.]
Linked entries
v.  weoler.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “weler.” 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/35000.

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