weralt
Old High German
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editInherited from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz; surface analyzed as compound of wer (“man”) + alt (“time, age, old”) (hence “age of man”), latter short for altar.
Cognate to Old English weorold (English world), Old Norse verǫld (Swedish värld), Old Saxon werold, Dutch wereld.
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editweralt f
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edit- Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'