Were (?), v. t. & i.

To wear. See 3d Wear.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

 

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Were, n.

A weir. See Weir.

[Obs.]

Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.

 

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Were, v. t. [AS. werian.]

To guard; to protect.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

 

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Were (?). [AS. wre (thou) wast, wron (we, you, they) were, wre imp. subj. See Was.]

The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.

 

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Were (?), n. [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. wa�xa1;r, L. vir, Skr. vira. Cf. Weregild, and Werewolf.]

1.

A man.

[Obs.]

2.

A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.

[Obs.]

Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were. Bosworth.

 

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