LekhoriLekhorisecond-person singular simple past indicative of be
John, you were the only person to see him.
plural simple past indicative of be
We were about to leave.
simple subjunctive of be
I wish that it were Sunday.
Alternative form of wer (“man; wergeld”).
1799-1805, Sharon Turner, History of the Anglo-Saxons Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were.
The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.
Inherited from Middle English were, weren, from Old English wǣre, wǣron, wǣren, from Proto-West Germanic *wāʀīn, from Proto-Germanic *wēzun, *wēzīn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. More at was.
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