See werian on Wiktionary
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},
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},
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"word": "waare"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wazjaną"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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},
"expansion": "Old High German werien",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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},
"expansion": "Old Norse verja",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną. Cognate with Old Saxon werian, Old High German werien, Old Norse verja.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "1",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "werian",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "werie",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weredest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wereþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "werede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "weriaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weredon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werie",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werien",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wereden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "were",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weriaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weriende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wered",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġewered",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "werġan",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "werian",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "werian<w1>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "āwerian"
},
{
"word": "ġewerian"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "You could tell by the rings how much of the Roman nobility had fallen, because the custom back then was that no one could wear a gold ring unless they were from a noble family.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nBe þām hringum man meahte witan hwæt Rōmāna duguþe ġefeallen wæs, for þon þe hit wæs þēaw mid him on þām dagum þæt nān ōðer ne mōste gyldenne hring werian būtan hē æðeles cynnes wǣre.",
"translation": "You could tell by the rings how much of the Roman nobility had fallen, because the custom back then was that no one could wear a gold ring unless they were from a noble family.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to use, put on, wear (clothes, ornaments, etc.)"
],
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"links": [
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"put on",
"put on"
],
[
"wear",
"wear"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ang:wear"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈwer.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈwerˠ.jɑn]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-er.jɑn"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwe.ri.ɑn/"
}
],
"word": "werian"
}
{
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"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "were"
},
{
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"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "wer"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "weir"
},
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "wear"
}
],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "werien"
}
],
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wer-",
"id": "heed"
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"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
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},
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"name": "dercat"
},
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*warjan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *warjan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "werian"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon werian",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "weren"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch weren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "weren"
},
"expansion": "Dutch weren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "werien"
},
"expansion": "Old High German werien",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "wehren"
},
"expansion": "German wehren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "verja"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse verja",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "värja"
},
"expansion": "Swedish värja",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *warjan.\nCognate with Old Saxon werian, Middle Dutch weren (Dutch weren), Old High German werien (German wehren), Old Norse verja (Swedish värja).",
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{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "1",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "werian",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "werienne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "werie",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weredest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wereþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werie",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werien",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wereden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wered",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġewered",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "werġan",
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"alternative"
]
}
],
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}
],
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{
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},
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],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 47 21 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 79 5 6",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "9 82 4 6",
"kind": "other",
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}
],
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],
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[
"hinder",
"hinder"
],
[
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"restrain"
],
[
"dam up",
"dam up"
]
],
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]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "\"Widsith\"",
"roman": "I sought Wulfhere and Wyrmhere; battle did not abate therewhen the Gothic army with hard swordshad to defend in the Vistula woodstheir ancient homeland from Attila's folk.",
"text": "Wulfhere sohte ic ond Wyrmhere; ful oft þær wig ne alæg,'þonne Hræda here heardum sweordum,'ymb Wistlawudu wergan sceoldon''ealdne ēþelstōl Ætlan leodum.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"to defend, protect"
],
"id": "en-werian-ang-verb-8Ci1wivK",
"links": [
[
"defend",
"defend"
],
[
"protect",
"protect"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈwer.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈwerˠ.jɑn]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-er.jɑn"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwe.ri.ɑn/"
}
],
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}
{
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"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "weren"
}
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{
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"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*weʀēn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *weʀēn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wes-",
"t": "to remain, dwell"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to remain, dwell”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *weʀēn, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to remain, dwell”).",
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{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "2",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "werian",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "werienne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "weriġe",
"links": [
[
"weriġe",
"werige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werode",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werast",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werodest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weraþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "weriaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "werodon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weriġe",
"links": [
[
"weriġe",
"werige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werode",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weriġen",
"links": [
[
"weriġen",
"werigen#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weroden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wera",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weriaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weriende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "werod",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġewerod",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"head": "werian"
},
"expansion": "werian",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "werian<w2>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"glosses": [
"to remain, continue, dwell"
],
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"links": [
[
"remain",
"remain"
],
[
"continue",
"continue"
],
[
"dwell",
"dwell"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "warian"
}
],
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈwe.ri.ɑn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-e.ri.ɑn"
}
],
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}
{
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"Old English class 1 weak verbs",
"Old English class 2 weak verbs",
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"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wes- (dress)",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verbs",
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon",
"Rhymes:Old English/e.ri.ɑn",
"Rhymes:Old English/e.ri.ɑn/3 syllables",
"Rhymes:Old English/er.jɑn",
"Rhymes:Old English/er.jɑn/2 syllables"
],
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{
"word": "āwerian"
},
{
"word": "ġewerian"
}
],
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{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "wear"
},
{
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{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "wear"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "weer"
}
],
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"lang_code": "gmw-msc",
"word": "were"
},
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"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "wear"
},
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"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "weer"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Scots",
"lang_code": "gmw-msc",
"word": "weir"
},
{
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"word": "waare"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "weren"
}
],
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"2": ":inh",
"3": "gmw-pro:*waʀjan",
"id": "wear"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "werian"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon werian",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "werien"
},
"expansion": "Old High German werien",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "verja"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse verja",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną. Cognate with Old Saxon werian, Old High German werien, Old Norse verja.",
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"class"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"singular"
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"past",
"singular"
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},
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "were",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weriende",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wered",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġewered",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
]
},
{
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]
}
],
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}
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"english": "You could tell by the rings how much of the Roman nobility had fallen, because the custom back then was that no one could wear a gold ring unless they were from a noble family.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nBe þām hringum man meahte witan hwæt Rōmāna duguþe ġefeallen wæs, for þon þe hit wæs þēaw mid him on þām dagum þæt nān ōðer ne mōste gyldenne hring werian būtan hē æðeles cynnes wǣre.",
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"type": "quotation"
}
],
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[
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"put on"
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}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈwer.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈwerˠ.jɑn]"
},
{
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwe.ri.ɑn/"
}
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"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (heed)",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
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"Rhymes:Old English/e.ri.ɑn/3 syllables",
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"word": "wer"
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"word": "wear"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"2": "weren"
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"expansion": "Middle Dutch weren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "weren"
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"name": "cog"
},
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"2": "werien"
},
"expansion": "Old High German werien",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "wehren"
},
"expansion": "German wehren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "non",
"2": "verja"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse verja",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "värja"
},
"expansion": "Swedish värja",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werien",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wereden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
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]
}
],
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}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"to hinder, restrain; to dam up"
],
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],
[
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"ref": "\"Widsith\"",
"roman": "I sought Wulfhere and Wyrmhere; battle did not abate therewhen the Gothic army with hard swordshad to defend in the Vistula woodstheir ancient homeland from Attila's folk.",
"text": "Wulfhere sohte ic ond Wyrmhere; ful oft þær wig ne alæg,'þonne Hræda here heardum sweordum,'ymb Wistlawudu wergan sceoldon''ealdne ēþelstōl Ætlan leodum.",
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}
],
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"to defend, protect"
],
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[
"defend",
"defend"
],
[
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"protect"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈwer.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈwerˠ.jɑn]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-er.jɑn"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwe.ri.ɑn/"
}
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"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Old English/e.ri.ɑn",
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"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "weren"
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wes-",
"t": "to remain, dwell"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *weʀēn, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to remain, dwell”).",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "2",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "werian",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "werienne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "weriġe",
"links": [
[
"weriġe",
"werige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werode",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werast",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werodest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weraþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "werode",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "weriaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "werodon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weriġe",
"links": [
[
"weriġe",
"werige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werode",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weriġen",
"links": [
[
"weriġen",
"werigen#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weroden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wera",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weriaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weriende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "werod",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġewerod",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
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},
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"1": "werian<w2>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
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],
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"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"word": "warian"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"to remain, continue, dwell"
],
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[
"remain",
"remain"
],
[
"continue",
"continue"
],
[
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"dwell"
]
],
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈwe.ri.ɑn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-e.ri.ɑn"
}
],
"word": "werian"
}
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