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hwer

Pronunciation: /xwer/

“hwer” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. kettle, pot, basin, cooking vessel

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwer, from Proto-Germanic *hweraz (“kettle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.

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