wær
Old English
adj
Definitions
- cautious, on guard, watch watching out for something (+genitive)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *waraz (cautious, aware).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*waraz
Gloss
cautious, aware
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ware English
- urocanic English
- ware English
- urina Latin
- Urin German
- urine French
- *ur, *uh₁r- Proto-Indo-European
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- urin Norwegian Bokmål
- *waraz Proto-Germanic
- *warō Proto-Germanic
- urin Norwegian Nynorsk
- var Norwegian Nynorsk
- gewær Old English
- sagol Old English
- waru Old English
- wyrde Old English
- wærsagol Old English
- wærwyrde Old English
- ware Middle English
- varr Old Norse
- urin Danish
- var Danish
- orine Old French
- vair Old French
- urin Serbo-Croatian
- var Icelandic
- war Old High German
- wara Old High German
- ware Middle High German
- *gawar gmw-pro
- *war gmw-pro
- *wār gmw-pro
- *giwar Old Dutch
- *vara Proto-Finnic
- war Old Saxon
- var Westrobothnian