wether
A castrated goatA castrated goat.
» I wonder whether the wether will weather the weather or whether the weather the wether will kill.
Ich frage mich, ob der Hammel die Witterung überstehen wird, oder ob die Witterung den Hammel umbringen wird. — Yorwba
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2 sensesA castrated goat.
Mönch, kastrierter Ziegenbock
male sheep especially a castrated one
A castrated ram.
Hammel, Schöps
валу́хvalúx
Examples
2 sentencesI wonder whether the wether will weather the weather or whether the weather the wether will kill.
deIch frage mich, ob der Hammel die Witterung überstehen wird, oder ob die Witterung den Hammel umbringen wird. — Yorwba
Wether you like it or not, the muezzin's call to prayer will wake you up early in the morning.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), fromFrom Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).
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