Meaning of 'were'

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Meaning of ‘were’

4 definitions found.

were

To wear. See

Wear. [Obs.] Chaucer. A weir. See Weir. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. To guard; to protect. [Obs.] Chaucer. The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.

A man. [Obs.]

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.

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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