weren

== English == === Alternative forms === wern wurn (dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle English weren, from Old English wǣron, plural past indicative of bēon, and wǣren, plural past subjunctive of bēon, equivalent to were +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === === Verb === weren (obsolete) plural simple past of be === Anagrams === newer, renew == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋeːrə(n)/ Hyphenation: we‧ren Rhymes: -eːrən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch wēren, from Old Dutch werien, from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną. ==== Verb ==== weren (transitive) to hold back, to keep out (reflexive) to defend oneself, to put up resistance ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: weer === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== weren plural of weer == Middle Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Old Dutch *werien, from Proto-West Germanic *warjan. ==== Verb ==== wēren hold back, to keep out, to resist to prevent to protect to fight against, to oppose to object (in court) to refuse, to deny ===== Inflection ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: weren Limburgish: waere === Etymology 2 === From Old Dutch weron, from Proto-West Germanic *weʀēn. ==== Verb ==== wēren to continue, persist ===== Inflection ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: weren (obsolete) === Further reading === “weren (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “weren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “weren (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From a conflation of Old English wǣron, the plural indicative past of wesan (from Proto-Germanic *wēzun, the third-person plural indicative past of *wesaną) and Old English wǣren, the plural subjunctive past of wesan (from Proto-Germanic *wēzīn, the third-person plural subjunctive past of *wesaną). ==== Alternative forms ==== were, wern, weryn (after Old Norse vera) waren, warn, worn, woren ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈwɛ̞ːr(ə)n/, /ˈwɛ̝ːr(ə)n/, /ˈwɛr(ə)n/ ==== Verb ==== weren plural past indicative/subjunctive of been ===== Descendants ===== English: were (obsolete wern, weren) === Etymology 2 === From Old English werian. Strong forms are analogical to beren, teren, etc. ==== Alternative forms ==== wern, werien, veren ==== Verb ==== weren (third-person singular simple present wereth, present participle werende, werynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wered) to wear, be clothed with ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: wear Scots: were, weir Yola: waare ===== References ===== “wēren, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== weren alternative form of werren == Tonsea == === Etymology === From Proto-Minahasan *bər2ən. Cognate with Tombulu weren, Tonsawang belen. === Noun === weren (anatomy) eye === References === === Further reading === Aneke Sumarauw P; F.L. Cambey U.; Cornelis Tintingo; Baby Hakim; Wantania (1996), Kamus Bahasa Indonesia-Bahasa Tonsea, II (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa