wǽron past pl of wesan

wǽron past pl of wesan
see wrǽstlic

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • wesan — irreg v/i 3rd pres is past wæs/wǽron ptp is gewesen to be; happen …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • wéron — see wǽron past pl of wesan …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • were — Etymology: Middle English were (suppletive singular past subjunctive & 2d singular past indicative of been to be), weren (suppletive past plural of been), from Old English wǣre (singular past subjunctive & 2d singular past indicative of wesan to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • were — [[t]wɜr[/t]] unstressed [[t]wər[/t]] v. fun use a 2nd pers. sing. past indic.; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd pers. pl. past indic.; and past subj. of be • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE wǣre past subj., wǣre past ind. 2nd pers. sing. and wǣron past ind. pl. of …   From formal English to slang

  • were — O.E. wæron (past plural indicative of wesan) and wære (second person singular past indicative); see WAS (Cf. was). The forms illustrate Verner s Law (named for Danish linguist Karl Verner, 1875), which predicts the s to z sound shift, and… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Verbo copulativo indoeuropeo — Un rasgo común a todas las lenguas indoeuropeas es la presencia de un verbo similar al ser o estar del castellano. Contenido 1 Características generales 2 Las raíces protoindoeuropeas 2.1 *h1es …   Wikipedia Español

  • was — O.E. wesan, wæs, wæron 1st and 3rd person sing. of wesan to remain, from P.Gmc. *wesanan (Cf. O.S. wesan, O.N. vesa, O.Fris. wesa, M.Du. wesen, Du. wezen, O.H.G. wesen being, existence, Goth. wisan to be ), from PIE root * …   Etymology dictionary

  • Subjunctive mood — In grammar, the subjunctive mood (abbreviated sjv or sbjv) is a verb mood typically used in subordinate clauses to express various states of irreality such as wish, emotion, possibility, judgment, opinion, necessity, or action that has not yet… …   Wikipedia

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