See weren on Wiktionary
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"ref": "c. 1450, Prose Merlin:",
"text": "Whan these thre kynges weren abedde and at her ese that nyght, the storye seith that they lay till on the morn that thei ronge to messe right erly, for it was a litill afore Halowmesse.",
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"ref": "c. 1450, The Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers:",
"text": "And thanne he seide to other folkes that thei shulde seye somme goode thinges for to recomforte the lordes and the people, which werne in grete trouble as for the deth of the moste noble kinge that ever was.",
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