Were \Were\, v. t. & i. To wear. See 3d Wear. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

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Were \Were\, n. A weir. See Weir. [Obs.]

--Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.

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Were \Were\, v. t. [AS. werian.]

To guard; to protect. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

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Were \Were\ (w[~e]r; 277). [AS. w[=ae]re (thou) wast, w[=ae]ron (we, you, they) were, w[=ae]re imp. subj. See Was.]

The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.

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Were \Were\ (w[=e]r), n. [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. wa['i]r, L. vir, Skr. v[=i]ra. Cf. Weregild, and Werewolf.]

1. A man. [Obs.]

2. A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild. [Obs.]

Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were. --Bosworth.

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