"weþer" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwe.θer/, [ˈwe.ðer]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“a yearling lamb; wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”). Cognate with Latin vitulus. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*weþru}} Proto-West Germanic *weþru, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*weþruz||a yearling lamb; wether}} Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“a yearling lamb; wether”), {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*wet-|t=year}} Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”), {{cog|la|vitulus}} Latin vitulus Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} weþer m, {{ang-noun|m}} weþer m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|weþr|nomsg=weþer}}, {{ang-decl-noun|weþer|weþras|weþer|weþras|weþres|weþra|weþre|weþrum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}}, {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|weþer}}, {{ang-decl-noun|weþer|weþeras|weþer|weþeras|weþeres|weþera|weþere|weþerum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], weþer [nominative, singular], weþras [nominative, plural], weþer [accusative, singular], weþras [accusative, plural], weþres [genitive, singular], weþra [genitive, plural], weþre [dative, singular], weþrum [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], weþer [nominative, singular], weþeras [nominative, plural], weþer [accusative, singular], weþeras [accusative, plural], weþeres [genitive, singular], weþera [genitive, plural], weþere [dative, singular], weþerum [dative, plural], wæþær [alternative], weðer [alternative]
  1. wether Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nHim becōmon ēac swā miċele welan tō handa, þæt his bīġleofa wæs ælċe dæġ mid his hīrede þrittiġ mittan clǣnes melowes, and sixtiġ mittan ōðres melowes, twelf fǣtte oxan, and twēntiġ feldoxan, hundtēontiġ weðera, buton huntoðe and fugoloðe and ġemæstra fugela.",
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