wert
verb/wɜːt/UK/wɝt/US
Definitions
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, ..."
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