dweorg

See also: dƿeorg

Old English

Alternative forms

dweorh, dwerg

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dwergaz. Cognate with Old Frisian dwirg (West Frisian dwirg, dwerch), Old Saxon gidwerg, dwerg, Middle Dutch dwerch (Dutch dwerg), Old High German twerg, twerc (German Zwerg), Old Norse dvergr (Swedish dvärg).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dweo̯rɡ/, [dweo̯rˠx]

Noun

dweorg m

(West Saxon) a dwarf

Descendants

Middle English: dwerf, dwergh
- English: dwarf

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