See weren in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"stop",
"stop"
],
[
"terminate",
"terminate"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"end",
"end"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To erode; to cause to decay or disappear:",
"To stop or terminate; to cause to end."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To decay, disappear, or tire."
],
"links": [
[
"decay",
"decay"
],
[
"disappear",
"disappear"
],
[
"tire",
"tire"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To decay, disappear, or tire."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To employ, use, or utilise."
],
"links": [
[
"employ",
"employ"
],
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"utilise",
"utilise"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rare) To employ, use, or utilise."
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛ̞ːrən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛri.ə(n)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛrjə(n)/",
"note": "Southern or Southwest Midland"
}
],
"word": "weren"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms with quotations",
"Middle English verbs",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": "3",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "weren",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "werren"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of werren"
],
"links": [
[
"werren",
"werren#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "weren"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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