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To wear. See 3d {Wear}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Were\, n. A weir. See {Weir}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. \Were\, v. t. [AS. werian.] To guard; to protect. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Were\ (w[~e]r; 277). [AS. w[=ae]re (thou) wast, w[=ae]ron (we, you, they) were, w[=ae]re imp. subj. See {Was}.] The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See {Be}. \Were\ (w[=e]r), n. [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. wa['i]r, L. vir, Skr. v[=i]ra. 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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