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wær

wær

See also: waer and wär

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wær/

Adjective

wær

  1. aware, cautious
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

  1. true, correct (only attested once)

Noun

wǣr f (nominative plural wǣra or wǣre)

  1. truth, faith
  2. fidelity, friendship
  3. agreement, promise