wearr

Old English

Alternative forms

• wear

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *warʀ, from Proto-Germanic *warzaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæ͜ɑrr/, [wæ͜ɑrˠ]

Noun

wearr m

1. a piece of hard skin; callus, callosity

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wearr	wearras
accusative	wearr	wearras
genitive	wearres	wearra
dative	wearre	wearrum

Derived terms

• wearriġ
• wearriht

Related terms

• wearrihtnes

Descendants

• Middle English: warre, werre, werr
  • English: war (dialectal)
    • ⇒ English: warrabee, warble (dialectal)
  • ⇒ English: weerock
  • Scots: war, waur, wer
  • ⇒ Early Scots: wyrok
    • Scots: wirrok, werrock, warrack, warrach, warroch