"wert" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /wɝt/ [General-American], /wɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wert.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wert
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be Tags: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular Form of: be Synonyms: wast
    Sense id: en-wert-en-verb-FKZViDKp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50
  2. (archaic) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be Tags: archaic, form-of, past, second-person, singular, subjunctive Form of: be Synonyms: were
    Sense id: en-wert-en-verb-F1SbPdm5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: am, are, is, art, be, being, been, beest, was, wast, were

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