"wer" meaning in Old High German

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Noun

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with Old English wer and Old Norse verr. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*wer}} Proto-West Germanic *wer, {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*weraz}} Proto-Germanic *weraz, {{inh|goh|ine-pro|*wiHrós}} Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós, {{cog|ang|wer}} Old English wer, {{cog|non|verr}} Old Norse verr Head templates: {{head|goh|noun|||||g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} wer m, {{goh-noun|m}} wer m
  1. man Tags: masculine Derived forms: weralt, werwulf
    Sense id: en-wer-goh-noun-SLZ24rEH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ƿer (english: Manuscript form)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *warją, likely related to the verb *warjaną (“to defend”), as in a fortification against water. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*warją}} Proto-Germanic *warją Head templates: {{head|goh|noun|||||g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} wer n, {{goh-noun|n}} wer n
  1. dam, weir Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-wer-goh-noun-8j0aa6Er
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ƿer (english: Manuscript form)
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wer [nominative]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz. Cognate with Old Norse hverr. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*hwaʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*hwaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwaz, {{cog|non|hverr}} Old Norse hverr Head templates: {{head|goh|pronouns}} wer
  1. (interrogative) who Tags: interrogative Related terms: waz (english: what)
    Sense id: en-wer-goh-pron-btAzcUC9 Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header, Old High German pronouns Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 74 Disambiguation of Old High German pronouns: 15 15 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ƿer (english: Manuscript form)
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for wer meaning in Old High German (4.6kB)

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      "source": "declension",
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          "text": "Wer was er?",
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          "ref": "Hildebrandslied, ll. 7-9",
          "text": "hıltıbrant gımahalta herıbranteſ ſunu her uuaſ heroro man\nferaheſ frotoro • her fragen gıſtuont\nfohem uuortum • ƿer ſin fater ƿarı[…]",
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        "(interrogative) who"
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    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
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      "expansion": "Old Norse verr",
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      "english": "Manuscript form",
      "word": "ƿer"
    }
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    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
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    {
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          "english": "Who was he?",
          "text": "Wer was er?",
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        {
          "english": "Hildebrand spoke, Heribrand's son—he was a hoarier man, wiser of life;—he posed his question with few words, who his [Hadubrand's] father might be […]",
          "ref": "Hildebrandslied, ll. 7-9",
          "text": "hıltıbrant gımahalta herıbranteſ ſunu her uuaſ heroro man\nferaheſ frotoro • her fragen gıſtuont\nfohem uuortum • ƿer ſin fater ƿarı[…]",
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        "(interrogative) who"
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      "word": "ƿer"
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  "section": "Old High German",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "wer",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 20"
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