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# wert

verb, past tense of be, with thou (second person singular)

«wert» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

You were; a form of "be" used with "thou". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wert/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "you were".

### Examples

- Rest there in peace, till thou art a wiser man than thou wert.’ (Grimms' Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wert/#x1)
- Go on, go on--thou wert on the balcony, and went through the doorway, and then--” (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wert/#x2)
- "Mine! mine!" sounded around him, and within him; "I kissed thee when thou wert a little child. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wert/#x3)

### Note

Today: were (with you).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wert» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wert/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wert» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/wert.html) on Mova free.