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Old English wǣre (inherited)
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Old English wǣron (mention)
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Old English wǣren (mention)
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English were- (mention)
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Middle English were (inherited)
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Middle English weren (mention)
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Middle English were (inherited)
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Middle English wer (mention)
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Proto-Germanic *wēz- (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (derived)
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Middle English wer (link)