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wert

/wɝt/

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What does wert mean?

verb

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be
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verb

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be

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/wɝt/

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Sometimes when she sang, “Oh, wert thou in the cauld blast,” the doctor and even Mr. Kronborg joined in.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
Lavinia, wert thou thus surprised, sweet girl, Ravished and wronged, as Philomela was, Forced in the ruthless, vast, and gloomy woods?
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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"As I know mine own fingers," said the Sage; "and even so I knew it years and years before thou wert born."
William MorrisThe Well at the World's End: A TaleProject Gutenberg ebook #169
A whiff of warm breath, a little soft tuft on its paw—: and immediately wert thou ready to love and lure it.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and NoneTranslated by Thomas CommonProject Gutenberg ebook #1998
In which proving Thou oughtest no less to be loved and praised, than if Thou wert filling me full of heavenly consolations.
à Kempis ThomasThe Imitation of ChristTranslated by William BenhamProject Gutenberg ebook #1653