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Webster 1913 Edition

Were

Were

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
To wear. See 3d
Wear
.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Were

,
Noun.
A weir. See
Weir
.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.

Were

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
werian
.]
To guard; to protect.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Were

(wẽr; 277)
.
[AS.
wǣre
(thou) wast,
wǣron
(we, you, they) were,
wǣre
imp. subj. See
Was
.]
The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See
Be
.

Were

(wēr)
,
Noun.
[AS.
wer
; akin to OS. & OHG.
wer
, Goth.
waír
, L.
vir
, Skr.
vīra
. 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Were

WERE

, pron. er, which when prolonged, becomes ware. This is used as the imperfect tense plural of be; we were, you were, they were; and in some other tenses. It is the Danish verb vaerer, to be, to exist, and in origin has no connection with be, nor with was. It is united with be, to supply its want of tenses, as went is with go.

WERE

,
Noun.
A dam. [See Wear.]

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