See wer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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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 • ƿër ſin fater ƿarı[…]",
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