lawer

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English

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Noun

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lawer (plural lawers)

  1. Obsolete form of lawyer.
    • c. 1538, John Bale, Three Laws:
      Covetousnesse lyke a Pharyse or spyrituall lawer.

Middle English

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Noun

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lawer

  1. Alternative form of lawier

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lawer

  1. Soft mutation of llawer.

Noun

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lawer

  1. Soft mutation of llawer.

Adverb

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lawer

  1. a lot

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llawer lawer unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.