Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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was . - noun A Middle English variant of
wart .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- The second person singular, indicative and subjunctive moods, imperfect tense, of the verb
be . It is formed fromwere , with the ending-t , after the analogy ofwast . Now used only in solemn or poetic style. - noun obsolete A wart.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic Second-person singular simple past tense subjunctive of
be (used with the pronoun "thou ").
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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With that sword wert thou smitten, O Gunnar, and the sharp point pierced thee through.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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The bittering hops are usually introduced to the wort say it "wert" and it is the proto-beer early in the boil and is present until the boil is over.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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The bittering hops are usually introduced to the wort say it "wert" and it is the proto-beer early in the boil and is present until the boil is over.
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In this passage "wert", the reading of A and D, has been followed, instead of unwert of B and C, as it seems more appropriate to the sense.
The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway
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Thou, Tantlatch, wert a lame old man this day, were it not that the
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I looked kindly upon thee for that thou wert chief of the
KEESH, SON OF KEESH 2010
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"Thou art not to devour, to gulp down the carnal life as if thou wert a dog," the Nahua elders warned the next generation of young men.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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Die junge Frau lehrt Blaze, dass Freundschaft mehr wert ist als ein Zuhause.
Archive 2010-05-01 Glenda Larke 2010
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Die junge Frau lehrt Blaze, dass Freundschaft mehr wert ist als ein Zuhause.
Die Inseln des Ruhms: Die Wissende Glenda Larke 2010
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How inexpressible the fullness of my heart when I knew that thou wert still my friend amidst it all - I could only exclaim Heaven bless thy pure heart, thy generous soul.
Letter from Mary Houston to Young John Allen,September 14, 1855 2008
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