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waere
Contents
1
Middle English
1.1
Verb
2
Old English
2.1
Pronunciation
2.2
Verb
2.2.1
Descendants
Middle English
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Verb
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wære
(
Early Middle English
)
Alternative form of
were
Old English
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Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈwæː.re/
Verb
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wǣre
inflection of
bēon
:
second-person
singular
past
indicative
first
/
second
/
third-person
singular
past
subjunctive
inflection of
wesan
:
second-person
singular
past
indicative
first
/
second
/
third-person
singular
past
subjunctive
Descendants
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Middle English:
were
,
weer
,
weere
,
wer
,
wære
,
ware
English:
were
(
dialectal
war
,
ware
)
Scots:
war
,
waar
,
ware
,
waur
,
wur
,
wir
Yola:
war
,
ware