waring

Verb (1)

ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)

1. (dialectal, obsolete) To be ware or mindful of something.
   • Ware the horn and heels lest they fling a flap to thee.1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː
2. (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.
   • Ware thee.

Verb (2)

ware

1. Old eye dialect spelling of were.
   • Againſt this ther ware many objections made by the creditors, viz., that quoad the 9000 lƀ. a year contained in his contract of marriage, they ware præferable, being præferable and prior creditors, and ſo he was ſucceſſor titulo lucrativo poſt contractum debitum; and as to the 6000 lƀ. per annum...1684, Historical Notices of Scotish Affairs, Selected from the Manuscripts of John Lauder of Fountainhall, Bart., One of the Senators of the College of Justice, volumes second (1683–1688), Edinburgh...

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