"weren" meaning in Middle English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈwɛːr(ə)n/, /ˈwɛr(ə)n/
Etymology: From a conflation of Old English wǣron, the plural indicative past of wesan (from Proto-Germanic *wēzun, the third-person plural indicative past of *wesaną) and Old English wǣren, the plural subjunctive past of wesan (from Proto-Germanic *wēzīn, the third-person plural subjunctive past of *wesaną). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|wǣron}} Old English wǣron, {{m|ang|wesan}} wesan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wēzun}} Proto-Germanic *wēzun, {{m|gem-pro|*wesaną}} *wesaną, {{inh|enm|ang|wǣren}} Old English wǣren, {{m|ang|wesan}} wesan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wēzīn}} Proto-Germanic *wēzīn, {{m|gem-pro|*wesaną}} *wesaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb form}} weren
  1. plural past indicative/subjunctive of been Tags: form-of, indicative, past, plural, subjunctive Form of: been Synonyms: were, weryn, waren (alt: after Old Norse vera), warn, worn, woren
    Sense id: en-weren-enm-verb-OCtE1W0Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wern
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From Old English werian. Strong forms are analogical to beren, teren, etc. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|werian}} Old English werian, {{m|enm|beren}} beren, {{m|enm|teren}} teren Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} weren, {{enm-verb|stem=wer}} weren (third-person singular simple present wereth, present participle werende, werynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wered) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|wer|p_part2=woren|p_part3=worn|s2=war|s2_2=wer|s3=wer|s3_2=war|sc=4|y=p1}} Forms: wereth [present, singular, third-person], werende [participle, present], werynge [participle, present], wered [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], strong weak [table-tags], weren [infinitive], to weren [infinitive], were [infinitive], were [first-person, present, singular], wered [first-person, past, singular], war [first-person, past, singular], wer [first-person, past, singular], werest [present, second-person, singular], weredest [past, second-person, singular], were [past, second-person, singular], ware [past, second-person, singular], war [past, second-person, singular], wer [past, second-person, singular], wereth [present, singular, third-person], wered [past, singular, third-person], war [past, singular, third-person], wer [past, singular, third-person], were [present, singular, subjunctive], wered [past, singular, subjunctive], were [past, singular, subjunctive], ware [past, singular, subjunctive], were [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], weren [plural, present], were [plural, present], wereden [past, plural], werede [past, plural], weren [past, plural], were [past, plural], waren [past, plural], ware [past, plural], wereth [imperative, plural, present], were [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], werynge [participle, present], werende [participle, present], wered [participle, past], woren [participle, past], worn [participle, past], ywered [participle, past]
  1. to wear, be clothed with Synonyms: werien, veren
    Sense id: en-weren-enm-verb-E1t1Ue1b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wern
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} weren
  1. Alternative form of werren Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: werren
    Sense id: en-weren-enm-verb-IyXJcg3j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "c. 1450, Richard the Redeless",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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  "etymology_text": "From a conflation of Old English wǣron, the plural indicative past of wesan (from Proto-Germanic *wēzun, the third-person plural indicative past of *wesaną) and Old English wǣren, the plural subjunctive past of wesan (from Proto-Germanic *wēzīn, the third-person plural subjunctive past of *wesaną).",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Middle English plural past forms",
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of Middle English quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "c. 1450, Richard the Redeless",
          "text": "And rafte was youre riott and rest, for youre daiez weren wikkid[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "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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        "plural past indicative/subjunctive of been"
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        [
          "been",
          "been#Middle English"
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        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛːr(ə)n/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛr(ə)n/"
    }
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    {
      "word": "were"
    },
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      "word": "wern"
    },
    {
      "word": "weryn"
    },
    {
      "alt": "after Old Norse vera",
      "word": "waren"
    },
    {
      "word": "warn"
    },
    {
      "word": "worn"
    },
    {
      "word": "woren"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weren"
}

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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms with quotations",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs"
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "English: wear",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "English: wear"
    },
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          "args": {
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            "3": "weir"
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          "name": "desc"
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        "4": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "2"
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      "name": "dercat"
    },
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        "1": "enm",
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      "expansion": "teren",
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
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      "form": "werende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "wered",
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        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
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        "infinitive"
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      "form": "to weren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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        "present",
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    },
    {
      "form": "wered",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weredest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "were",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ware",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "war",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wereth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wered",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "war",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wered",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "were",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ware",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "were",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "were",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wereden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "were",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "waren",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
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      "form": "ware",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wereth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "were",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werende",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "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": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "wer"
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      "expansion": "weren (third-person singular simple present wereth, present participle werende, werynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wered)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
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        "p_part2": "woren",
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        "s2_2": "wer",
        "s3": "wer",
        "s3_2": "war",
        "sc": "4",
        "y": "p1"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "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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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms with quotations",
    "Middle English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
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        "2": "verb"
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      "expansion": "weren",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "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",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "weren"
}

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