Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To put a weir, or weirs (in a river)
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. · A fence placed across a river to catch fish. · Seaweed.
From Middle English were, from Old English wer, from werian (“to dam up”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”); Cognate with Old Norse ver (“station for fishing”), Sanskrit वृणोति (vṛṇóti). Related to warranty.
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