Noun: weler
Gender: mf
Nominative
| Singular | weler |
| Plural | weleras; welera; welere |
Genitive
| Singular | weleres; welere |
| Plural | welera |
Dative
| Singular | welere |
| Plural | welerum |
Accusative
| Singular | weler; welere |
| Plural | weleras; welera; welere |
Sample Sentences
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God ġesċōp ūs twā ēagan and twā ēaran, twā nosþyrlu and twēġen weoloras, twā handa and twēġen fēt. (God made us two eyes and two ears, two nostrils and two lips, two hands and two feet.) [late 10th century, Ælfric, "Preface to Genesis":]
Nouns inflected like weler
epistol,
fearm,
beorg,
hefen,
weler,
wiell,
stemn,
mircels,
gærsum,
hiofon,
heofan,
heofen,
heofon,
heofun,
heafun,
list,
hærn,
pyll,
wyll,
well, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From a metathetic alteration of Proto-Germanic *werulō, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *weruz (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“high, raised area, tuber, lump, blister”).
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