wert

verb
/wɜːt/UK/wɝt/US

Definitions

  1. second-person singular simple past indicative of be

    • Why wert thou there?
    • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode), "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ..."
  2. second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be

    • If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!
    • If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ...
    • I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA