Definition of "wert" []

• Archaic A second person singular past indicative and past subjunctive of be. (verb)

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• "With that sword wert thou smitten, O Gunnar, and the sharp point pierced thee through."
• "The bittering hops are usually introduced to the wort say it "wert" and it is the proto-beer early in the boil and is present until the boil is over."
• "In this passage "wert", the reading of A and D, has been followed, instead of unwert of B and C, as it seems more appropriate to the sense."