n. [ AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. waír, L. vir, Skr. vīra. Cf. Weregild, and Werewolf. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were. Bosworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To wear. See 3d Wear. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ AS. w&aemacr_;re (thou) wast, w&aemacr_;ron (we, you, they) were, w&aemacr_;re imp. subj. See Was. ] The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ AS. werian. ] To guard; to protect. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A weir. See Weir. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. wergild; wer a man, value set on a man's life + gild payment of money; akin to G. wehrgeld. √285. See Were a man, and Geld, n. ] (O. Eng. Law) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer.
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The werwolf went about his prey. William of Palerne. [ 1913 Webster ]
The brutes that wear our form and face,
The werewolves of the human race. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]