wearr

Old English

Alternative forms

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

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