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wep | wepen | wept | werche | werdnig-hoffman disease | were | weregild | werewolf | werfel | werk | werke

were (root: be)

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2842 in 2410 verses (in OT : 2069 in 1721 verses) (in NT : 773 in 689 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

werev. t. & i. 
     To wear. See 3d Wear.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
weren. 
     A weir. See Weir.  Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.  [1913 Webster]
werev. t. [AS. werian.].
     To guard; to protect.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
were,  [AS. w (thou) wast, w (we, you, they) were, w imp. subj. See Was.].
     The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.  [1913 Webster]
weren. [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. waír, L. vir, Skr. vīra. Cf. Weregild, and Werewolf.].
  •  A man.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.  [1913 Webster]
    "Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

were, 2nd sing. past, pl. past, and past subj. of BE.


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