wert

Etymology

verb

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be
    Why wert thou there?
    1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode), "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ..."
  2. (archaic) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be
    If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!

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