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"text": "1799-1805, Sharon Turner, History of the Anglo-Saxons\nEvery man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were."
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"6": "wur",
"7": "wir"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
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"3": "wǣron"
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{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
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"name": "inh"
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],
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"2": "verb form"
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"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"word": "weren"
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[
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],
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"2": "ang",
"3": "werre"
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wyrre"
},
"expansion": "wyrre",
"name": "m"
}
],
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{
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"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
"word": "werre"
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],
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[
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}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"forms": [
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"form": "mawere",
"tags": [
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}
],
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"1": "5"
},
"expansion": "were class 5 (plural mawere)",
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],
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{
"categories": [
{
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"name": "Mwani entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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{
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"Fundamental"
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"source": "w"
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],
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[
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"breast"
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],
"tags": [
"class-5"
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}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "kmr",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w"
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],
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[
"hatin",
"hatin#Northern Kurdish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "oni",
"2": "poz-cet-pro",
"3": "-"
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"expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "poz-cet-pro",
"2": "*waiʀ"
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"expansion": "*waiʀ",
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{
"args": {
"1": "oni",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "-"
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"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "poz-pro",
"2": "*wahiʀ"
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"expansion": "*wahiʀ",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "oni",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Onin entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Onin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"Matter",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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],
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[
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"water"
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{
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"2": "noun",
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"head": ""
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"name": "head"
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{
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"1": "",
"2": "?"
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{
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{
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"source": "w"
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[
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"smell"
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[
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"scent"
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[
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"odor"
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}
],
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}
{
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"args": {
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"2": "noun"
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"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Toro entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Toro terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [
"Terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
}
],
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"day"
],
"id": "en-were-tdv-noun-lEwn5bl6",
"links": [
[
"day",
"day"
]
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "urn",
"2": "poz-cet-pro",
"3": "-"
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{
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{
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],
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"1": "urn",
"2": "noun"
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"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
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],
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
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],
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[
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"water"
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}
],
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{
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{
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"2": "enm",
"3": "were"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English were.",
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{
"args": {
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"2": "noun"
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"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
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],
"lang": "Yola",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yola entries with incorrect language header",
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],
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"wearing"
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],
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]
}
],
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{
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},
{
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],
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}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "2020 anti police brutality hashtag",
"word": "#Sọ̀rọ̀SókèWèrè"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "one who claps for a lunatic to dance is no better than the lunatic",
"word": "aṣápẹ́-fún-wèrè-jó àti wèrè, ọgbọọgba ni wọ́n"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "it is hunger that will force sense into the fool",
"word": "ebi ni yóò kọ́ wèrè lọ́gbọ́n"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "phrase derived from the hashtag",
"word": "sọ̀rọ̀ sókè wèrè"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to go mad",
"word": "ṣiwèrè"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "fight fire with fire",
"word": "wèrè la fi ń wo wèrè"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "your madness is too much",
"word": "wèrè ló pọ̀ jù nínú yín"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to go mad",
"word": "ya wèrè"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pcm",
"2": "werey",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Nigerian Pidgin: werey",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Nigerian Pidgin: werey"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "wèrè",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "wèrè",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "wèrè",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "wèrè",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "wèrè",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wèrè"
},
"expansion": "wèrè",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"insanity, madness, imbecile"
],
"id": "en-were-yo-noun-gCs~7DRQ",
"links": [
[
"insanity",
"insanity"
],
[
"madness",
"madness"
],
[
"imbecile",
"imbecile"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
"glosses": [
"mad person"
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"id": "en-were-yo-noun-YeTfok-C",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"mad",
"mad"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sometimes derogatory, offensive) mad person"
],
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{
"word": "ayírí"
},
{
"word": "asínwín"
},
{
"word": "aṣiwèrè"
}
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"offensive",
"sometimes"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wè.ɾè/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "iwèrè"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ièrè"
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ugric:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "vér"
},
"expansion": "Hungarian: vér",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hungarian: vér"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Mansi:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mns-nor",
"2": "вы̄гыр<qq:Sosva>",
"3": "выйыр<qq:Upper Lozva>"
},
"expansion": "Northern Mansi: вы̄гыр (wȳgyr) (Sosva), выйыр (wyjyr) (Upper Lozva)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Northern Mansi: вы̄гыр (wȳgyr) (Sosva), выйыр (wyjyr) (Upper Lozva)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mns-sou",
"tr": "wür"
},
"expansion": "Southern Mansi: [script needed] (wür)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Southern Mansi: [script needed] (wür)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kca-pro",
"2": "*wir"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Khanty: *wir",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Khanty: *wir"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kca-nor",
"2": "вўр<qq:Kazym>",
"3": "вур<qq:Shuryshkar>"
},
"expansion": "Northern Khanty: вўр (wŭr) (Kazym), вур (wur) (Shuryshkar)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Northern Khanty: вўр (wŭr) (Kazym), вур (wur) (Shuryshkar)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kca-eas",
"2": "вәр<qq:Surgut>",
"3": "вӛр<qq:Vakh>",
"4": "вяр<qq:Vasyugan>"
},
"expansion": "Eastern Khanty: вәр (wər) (Surgut), вӛр (wjər) (Vakh), вяр (wjar) (Vasyugan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Eastern Khanty: вәр (wər) (Surgut), вӛр (wjər) (Vakh), вяр (wjar) (Vasyugan)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "urj-prm-pro",
"2": "*vir"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Permic: *vir",
"name": "desc"
},
{
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"1": "dialectal <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">war</i>, <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">ware</i>"
},
"expansion": "(dialectal war, ware)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "English: were (dialectal war, ware)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "war",
"3": "waar",
"4": "ware",
"5": "waur",
"6": "wur",
"7": "wir"
},
"expansion": "Scots: war, waar, ware, waur, wur, wir",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: war, waar, ware, waur, wur, wir"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "war",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Yola: war, ware",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: war, ware"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wǣre"
},
"expansion": "Old English wǣre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wesan"
},
"expansion": "wesan",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English wǣre (second-person singular indicative and subjunctive past of wesan).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"inflection of been:",
"second-person singular indicative past"
],
"links": [
[
"been",
"been#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English second-person singular past forms",
"Middle English singular past subjunctive forms"
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of been:",
"singular subjunctive past"
],
"links": [
[
"been",
"been#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛːr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛr(ə)/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "weer"
},
{
"word": "weere"
},
{
"word": "wer"
},
{
"word": "wære"
},
{
"word": "ware"
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Middle English uncountable nouns"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wear"
},
"expansion": "English: wear",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: wear"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "were",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Yola: were, wer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: were, wer"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "weren"
},
"expansion": "weren",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From weren.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "were (uncountable)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"wearing"
],
"links": [
[
"wearing",
"wearing"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛːr(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English non-lemma forms",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English verb forms"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wǣron"
},
"expansion": "Old English wǣron",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wǣren"
},
"expansion": "Old English wǣren",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From a conflation of Old English wǣron and Old English wǣren.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "weren"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of weren"
],
"links": [
[
"weren",
"weren#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "werre"
},
"expansion": "Old English werre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wyrre"
},
"expansion": "wyrre",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English werre, wyrre.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "werre"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of werre"
],
"links": [
[
"werre",
"werre#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "mawere",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "5"
},
"expansion": "were class 5 (plural mawere)",
"name": "wmw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Mwani",
"lang_code": "wmw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Mwani class 5 nouns",
"Mwani entries with incorrect language header",
"Mwani lemmas",
"Mwani nouns",
"wmw:Anatomy"
],
"glosses": [
"breast"
],
"links": [
[
"breast",
"breast"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5"
]
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"lang_code": "kmr",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header",
"Northern Kurdish non-lemma forms",
"Northern Kurdish verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "hatin"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person singular imperative of hatin"
],
"links": [
[
"hatin",
"hatin#Northern Kurdish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oni",
"2": "poz-cet-pro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "poz-cet-pro",
"2": "*waiʀ"
},
"expansion": "*waiʀ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "oni",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "poz-pro",
"2": "*wahiʀ"
},
"expansion": "*wahiʀ",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oni",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Onin",
"lang_code": "oni",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Onin entries with incorrect language header",
"Onin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Onin lemmas",
"Onin nouns",
"Onin terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Onin terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"oni:Water"
],
"glosses": [
"water (clear liquid H₂O)"
],
"links": [
[
"water",
"water"
]
]
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ugric:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "vér"
},
"expansion": "Hungarian: vér",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hungarian: vér"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Mansi:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mns-nor",
"2": "вы̄гыр<qq:Sosva>",
"3": "выйыр<qq:Upper Lozva>"
},
"expansion": "Northern Mansi: вы̄гыр (wȳgyr) (Sosva), выйыр (wyjyr) (Upper Lozva)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Northern Mansi: вы̄гыр (wȳgyr) (Sosva), выйыр (wyjyr) (Upper Lozva)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mns-sou",
"tr": "wür"
},
"expansion": "Southern Mansi: [script needed] (wür)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Southern Mansi: [script needed] (wür)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kca-pro",
"2": "*wir"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Khanty: *wir",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Khanty: *wir"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kca-nor",
"2": "вўр<qq:Kazym>",
"3": "вур<qq:Shuryshkar>"
},
"expansion": "Northern Khanty: вўр (wŭr) (Kazym), вур (wur) (Shuryshkar)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Northern Khanty: вўр (wŭr) (Kazym), вур (wur) (Shuryshkar)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kca-eas",
"2": "вәр<qq:Surgut>",
"3": "вӛр<qq:Vakh>",
"4": "вяр<qq:Vasyugan>"
},
"expansion": "Eastern Khanty: вәр (wər) (Surgut), вӛр (wjər) (Vakh), вяр (wjar) (Vasyugan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Eastern Khanty: вәр (wər) (Surgut), вӛр (wjər) (Vakh), вяр (wjar) (Vasyugan)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "urj-prm-pro",
"2": "*vir"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Permic: *vir",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Permic: *vir (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "chm-pro",
"2": "*wü̆r"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Mari: *wü̆r",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Mari: *wü̆r (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "urj-mdv-pro",
"2": "*ver"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Mordvinic: *ver",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Mordvinic: *ver"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "myv",
"2": "верь"
},
"expansion": "Erzya: верь (veŕ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Erzya: верь (veŕ)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mdf",
"2": "вер"
},
"expansion": "Moksha: вер (ver)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Moksha: вер (ver)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "smi-pro",
"2": "*vërë"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Samic: *vërë",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Samic: *vërë (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "urj-fin-pro",
"2": "*veri"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Finnic: *veri",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Finnic: *veri (see there for further descendants)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "syd-pro",
"2": "*këm"
},
"expansion": "*këm",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Found only within the traditional Finno-Ugric languages; contrast Proto-Samoyedic *këm. Neither word can be explicitly shown to be an innovation, however.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "urj-pro",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "*were",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Uralic",
"lang_code": "urj-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/were",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Proto-Uralic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Uralic lemmas",
"Proto-Uralic nouns",
"urj-pro:Bodily fluids"
],
"glosses": [
"blood"
],
"links": [
[
"blood",
"blood"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "txb",
"2": "noun",
"g": "?",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "were ?",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "",
"2": "?"
},
"expansion": "were ?",
"name": "txb-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"lang_code": "txb",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Requests for gender in Tocharian B entries",
"Tocharian B entries with incorrect language header",
"Tocharian B lemmas",
"Tocharian B nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"smell, scent, odor"
],
"links": [
[
"smell",
"smell"
],
[
"scent",
"scent"
],
[
"odor",
"odor"
]
]
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tdv",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Toro",
"lang_code": "tdv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Toro entries with incorrect language header",
"Toro lemmas",
"Toro nouns",
"Toro terms in nonstandard scripts"
],
"glosses": [
"day"
],
"links": [
[
"day",
"day"
]
]
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "urn",
"2": "poz-cet-pro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "poz-cet-pro",
"2": "*waiʀ"
},
"expansion": "*waiʀ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "urn",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "poz-pro",
"2": "*wahiʀ"
},
"expansion": "*wahiʀ",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "urn",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Uruangnirin",
"lang_code": "urn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Uruangnirin entries with incorrect language header",
"Uruangnirin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Uruangnirin lemmas",
"Uruangnirin nouns",
"Uruangnirin terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
"Uruangnirin terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"urn:Water"
],
"glosses": [
"water (clear liquid H₂O)"
],
"links": [
[
"water",
"water"
]
]
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "enm",
"3": "were"
},
"expansion": "Middle English were",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English were.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "were",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "to wear",
"word": "waare"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Yola entries with incorrect language header",
"Yola lemmas",
"Yola nouns",
"Yola terms derived from Middle English",
"Yola terms inherited from Middle English",
"Yola terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Yola terms with homophones"
],
"glosses": [
"wearing"
],
"links": [
[
"wearing",
"wearing"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wiː/"
},
{
"homophone": "wyer"
},
{
"homophone": "waare"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wer"
}
],
"word": "were"
}
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "2020 anti police brutality hashtag",
"word": "#Sọ̀rọ̀SókèWèrè"
},
{
"english": "one who claps for a lunatic to dance is no better than the lunatic",
"word": "aṣápẹ́-fún-wèrè-jó àti wèrè, ọgbọọgba ni wọ́n"
},
{
"english": "it is hunger that will force sense into the fool",
"word": "ebi ni yóò kọ́ wèrè lọ́gbọ́n"
},
{
"english": "phrase derived from the hashtag",
"word": "sọ̀rọ̀ sókè wèrè"
},
{
"english": "to go mad",
"word": "ṣiwèrè"
},
{
"english": "fight fire with fire",
"word": "wèrè la fi ń wo wèrè"
},
{
"english": "your madness is too much",
"word": "wèrè ló pọ̀ jù nínú yín"
},
{
"english": "to go mad",
"word": "ya wèrè"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pcm",
"2": "werey",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Nigerian Pidgin: werey",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Nigerian Pidgin: werey"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "wèrè",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "wèrè",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "wèrè",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "wèrè",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "wèrè",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wèrè"
},
"expansion": "wèrè",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"insanity, madness, imbecile"
],
"links": [
[
"insanity",
"insanity"
],
[
"madness",
"madness"
],
[
"imbecile",
"imbecile"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Yoruba derogatory terms",
"Yoruba offensive terms"
],
"glosses": [
"mad person"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"mad",
"mad"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sometimes derogatory, offensive) mad person"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ayírí"
},
{
"word": "asínwín"
},
{
"word": "aṣiwèrè"
}
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"offensive",
"sometimes"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wè.ɾè/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "iwèrè"
},
{
"word": "ièrè"
}
],
"word": "were"
}
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