WERE

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To wear. See 3d Wear. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2.
n.

A weir. See Weir. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.

3.
v.

To guard; to protect. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4.
n.

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

5.
n.

A man. [Obs.]

6.
n.

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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