See weren in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"form": "were",
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]
},
{
"form": "waren",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
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]
},
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]
},
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werynge",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "werende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wered",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "woren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "worn",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ywered",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"past"
]
}
],
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},
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},
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"args": {
"stem": "wer"
},
"expansion": "weren (third-person singular simple present wereth, present participle werende, werynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wered)",
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}
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"s2": "war",
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"sc": "4",
"y": "p1"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to wear, be clothed with"
],
"links": [
[
"wear",
"wear#English"
],
[
"clothed",
"clothed#English"
]
]
}
],
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{
"word": "wern"
},
{
"word": "werien"
},
{
"word": "veren"
}
],
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}
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"Middle English lemmas",
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},
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],
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"lang_code": "enm",
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{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "werren"
}
],
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"Alternative form of werren"
],
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[
"werren",
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]
],
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}
],
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}
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