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weren

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English weren, from Old English wǣron, plural past indicative of bēon, and wǣren, plural past subjunctive of bēon, equivalent to were +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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weren

  1. (obsolete) plural simple past of be

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch wēren, from Old Dutch *werien, from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.

Verb

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weren

  1. (transitive) to hold back, to keep out
  2. (reflexive) to defend oneself, to put up resistance
Conjugation
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Conjugation of weren (weak)
infinitive weren
past singular weerde
past participle geweerd
infinitive weren
gerund weren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular weer weerde
2nd person sing. (jij) weert, weer2 weerde
2nd person sing. (u) weert weerde
2nd person sing. (gij) weert weerde
3rd person singular weert weerde
plural weren weerden
subjunctive sing.1 were weerde
subjunctive plur.1 weren weerden
imperative sing. weer
imperative plur.1 weert
participles werend geweerd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: weer

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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weren

  1. plural of weer

Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Old Dutch *werien, from Proto-West Germanic *warjan.

Verb

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wēren

  1. hold back, to keep out, to resist
  2. to prevent
  3. to protect
  4. to fight against, to oppose
  5. to object (in court)
  6. to refuse, to deny
Inflection
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Old Dutch weron, from Proto-West Germanic *weʀēn.

Verb

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wēren

  1. to continue, persist
Inflection
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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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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).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛːr(ə)n/, /ˈwɛr(ə)n/

Verb

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weren

  1. plural past indicative/subjunctive of been
    • c. 1450, Richard the Redeless:
      And rafte was youre riott and rest, for youre daiez weren wikkid []
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    • c. 1450, Prose Merlin:
      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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Etymology 2

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From Old English werian. Strong forms are analogical to beren, teren, etc.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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weren (third-person singular simple present wereth, present participle werende, werynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wered)

  1. to wear, be clothed with
Conjugation
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References
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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weren

  1. Alternative form of werren