1. A man. [Obs.]
2. A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life;
weregild. [Obs.]
Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were.
Bosworth.
WEREGILD
Were"gild`, n. Etym: [AS. wergild; wer a man, value set on a man's
life + gild payment of money; akin to G. wehrgeld. Were a man, and
Geld, n.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer. [Written also weregeld, weregelt, etc.] Blackstone.
WEREWOLF
Were"wolf`, n.; pl. Werewolves. Etym: [AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf
a wolf; cf. G. wärwolf, währwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf.
Were a man, and Wolf, and cf. Virile, World.]
Defn: A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. The werwolf went about his prey. William of Palerne. The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves of the human race. Longfellow.
WERK; WERKE
Werk, n., Werke, v.
Defn: See Work. [Obs.]
WERN
Wern, v. t. Etym: [See 1st Warn.]
Defn: To refuse. [Obs.] He is too great a niggard that will wern A man to light a candle at his lantern. Chaucer.