wert
verbUK /wɜːt/ · US /wɝt/
1
Archaic, Indicative, Past, Second person 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, Past, Second person, Subjunctive second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be
- If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!
- If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 8:6:
1 more example
- I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 3:15: