Were (wẽr; 277). [AS. wǣre (thou) wast, wǣron (we, you, they) were, wǣre imp. subj. See Was.] The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.