To wear. See 3d Wear. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
A weir. See Weir. Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
To guard; to protect. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be. [1913 Webster]
1. A man. [1913 Webster]
2. A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild. [1913 Webster]
"Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were." [1913 Webster]
were, 2nd sing. past, pl. past, and past subj. of BE.