Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werudą

Etymology
, but probably an extension of with the suffix, also seen in ,  (oblique stem),.

Noun

 * 1) band of men

Inflection
In pre-Germanic, the word declined as *wérut- in the strong cases and *werít- in the weak/oblique cases.

Descendants
In North Germanic the word was masculinized and saw the generalization of oblique stem *wiriþ- to the paradigm. It is attested only in the plural.