• Wer

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    From Middle English wer, from Old English wer ("a male being, man, husband, hero"), from Proto-Germanic *weraz ("man"), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós ("man, freeman"). Cognate with Middle High German wër ("man"), Swedish värbror ("brother-in-law"), Norwegian verfader ("father-in-law"), Latin vir ("man, husband").

    Full definition of wer

    Noun

    wer

    (plural wers)
    1. (obsolete) A man.
    2. (obsolete) Wergeld.
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