See werre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Norse verri, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Doublet of worse.",
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"glosses": [
"Something or someone which is more yvel or ille (i.e. worse)."
],
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"yvel",
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],
[
"ille",
"ille#Middle_English"
],
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"worse",
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"ipa": "/ˈwɛr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɔr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwar/",
"note": "later"
}
],
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"word": "war"
},
{
"word": "ware"
},
{
"word": "warr"
},
{
"word": "warre"
},
{
"word": "wer"
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"word": "were"
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"word": "werr"
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{
"word": "worre"
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"Alternative form of werren"
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}
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