See were on Wiktionary
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"(1.1-3) śrang were, śrang weren < st.ang. wǣre, st.ang. wǣron, st.ang. wǣren < pragerm. *wēzun, pragerm. *wēzīn < praindoeur. *h₂wes-",
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