"y'ere" meaning in English

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      "alt_of": [
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          "word": "ye were"
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        {
          "ref": "1702, Charles Sedley, The Works of Sir Charles Sedley, Bart, page 6",
          "text": "Pardon me, Sir, my Bluntneſs muſt go on ;\nBy barb’rous Fears and Counſels y’ere undone.",
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          "ref": "1709, Robert Gould, A Satyr against the Pride, Luſt, and Inconſtancy, &c. of Woman, page 8",
          "text": "Rivers adorn the Earth ; the Fiſh, the Seas ;\nFlowers and Graſs, the Meadows ; Fruit and Trees ;\nThe Starts, the Fields of Air thro’ which they ride ;\nAnd Woman all the Works of God beſide ;\nYet baſe detracting Envy won’t allow\nThey ſhould adorn themſelves ; then pray, Sir, now\nProduce ſome reaſons why y’ere ſo ſevere ;\nFor envious as you are, you know they’re Fair.",
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        "Contraction of ye were."
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        "(obsolete, rare) Contraction of ye were."
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      "ipa": "/jɜː(ɹ)/"
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      "ipa": "/jə(ɹ)/"
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  "word": "y'ere"
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  "pos": "contraction",
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          "ref": "1702, Charles Sedley, The Works of Sir Charles Sedley, Bart, page 6",
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          "ref": "1709, Robert Gould, A Satyr against the Pride, Luſt, and Inconſtancy, &c. of Woman, page 8",
          "text": "Rivers adorn the Earth ; the Fiſh, the Seas ;\nFlowers and Graſs, the Meadows ; Fruit and Trees ;\nThe Starts, the Fields of Air thro’ which they ride ;\nAnd Woman all the Works of God beſide ;\nYet baſe detracting Envy won’t allow\nThey ſhould adorn themſelves ; then pray, Sir, now\nProduce ſome reaſons why y’ere ſo ſevere ;\nFor envious as you are, you know they’re Fair.",
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        "Contraction of ye were."
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        "(obsolete, rare) Contraction of ye were."
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