weren
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English weren, from Old English wǣron, plural past indicative of bēon, and wǣren, plural past subjunctive of bēon, equivalent to were + -en.
VerbEdit
weren
- (obsolete) plural simple past of be
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender
- But sike fancies weren foolerie,
- And broughten this Oake to this miserye.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book II, Canto VII:
- Therein an hundred raunges weren pight,
- And hundred fornaces all burning bright;
- 1889, John Gower (edited by Henry Morley), Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins: Being the Confessio Amantis:
- For of the falsé Moabites
- Forth with the strength of Amonites
- Of that they weren first misget,
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch wēren, from Old Dutch *werien, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.
VerbEdit
weren
- (transitive) to hold back, to keep out
- (reflexive) to defend oneself, to put up resistance
InflectionEdit
Inflection of weren (weak) | ||||
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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 | 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. |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: weer
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
NounEdit
weren
- Plural form of weer
Middle DutchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Dutch *werien, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.
VerbEdit
wēren
- to hold back, to keep out, to resist
- to prevent
- to protect
- to fight against, to oppose
- to object (in court)
- to refuse, to deny
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Dutch *werien, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną.
VerbEdit
wēren
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further readingEdit
- “weren (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “weren (I)”, in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “weren (III)”, in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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 formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
weren
- Plural past indicative form of been
- c. 1450, Richard the Redeless
- And rafte was youre riott and rest, for youre daiez weren wikkid […]
- 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.
- c. 1450, Richard the Redeless
- Plural subjunctive past form of been
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French guerrier, guerrer.
VerbEdit
weren
- Alternative form of werren