*werduz

Runic: ᚹᛖᚱᛞᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwer.ðuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

host

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *(H)wer-tú-s, which could be related to *waraz (‘watchful, aware’), in which case the original sense was "attender"; the related Old Norse verðr (‘meal’) would then have had an earlier meaning of "attendance." Or, possibly related to *werþaną (‘to come about, happen’), with sense development "turn" > " participation".

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	werduz	wirdiwiz
Acc.	werdų	werdunz
Gen.	werdauz	wirdiwǫ̂
Dat.	wirdiwi	werdumaz
Inst.	werdū	werdumiz
Voc.	werdu	wirdiwiz

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Descendants

weard (Old English)
- ward (Middle English)
  - ward (English)
*werd (Old Frisian)
- weerd (North Frisian)
- Weerd (Saterland Frisian)
- weard (West Frisian)
werda (Old Frisian)
- weerd (North Frisian)
- Weerd (Saterland Frisian)
- weard (West Frisian)
werdskip (Old Frisian)
- weerd (North Frisian)
- Weerd (Saterland Frisian)
- weard (West Frisian)
werd (Old Saxon)
- wert (Middle Low German)
  - vært (Danish)
  - werd (Elfdalian)
  - Weert (German Low German)
  - värt (Gutnish)
  - vert (Norwegian)
  - Wieet (Plautdietsch)
  - vart (Polabian)
  - värd (Swedish)
wird (Old Saxon)
- wert (Middle Low German)
  - vært (Danish)
  - werd (Elfdalian)
  - Weert (German Low German)
  - värt (Gutnish)
  - vert (Norwegian)
  - Wieet (Plautdietsch)
  - vart (Polabian)
  - värd (Swedish)
*wird (Old Dutch)
- wert, wāert (Middle Dutch)
  - waard (Dutch)
    - waard (Afrikaans)
*wirt (Old High German)
- wirt (Middle High German)
  - Wirt (German)
  - Wiert (Luxembourgish)
*wirt (Old High German)
- wirt (Middle High German)
  - ? (Bavarian)
    - biart, birt (Cimbrian)
    - birt (Mòcheno)
𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wairdus) (Gothic)

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