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wær
wær
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wær/
Adjective
wær
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *wēraz (“true”), from Proto-Indo-European *wēr-. Germanic cognates include Old High German wār, wāra (German wahr), Old Saxon wār (Low German war), Old Dutch wār (Dutch waar), Old Norse várar (plural). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin vērus, Old Irish fír (Irish fíor), Welsh cywir, Old Church Slavonic вѣра (věra) (Russian вера (vera)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wæːr/
Adjective
wǣr
Noun
wǣr f (nominative plural wǣra or wǣre)