† weryern.
Obsolete. rare.
A defender, guardian.
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a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 926 After ðis spac god to abram:— ‘Ðin berg and tin werger [OE. wergend; L. protector] ic ham.’
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