wer1 (1280-1307)
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wer1 (1280-1307)

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[gdw]

  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  wer  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  were n.3  MED:  wer(e n.5  DMLBS: ∅
 

The word is probably an aphetic form of awer. MED and OED suggest interpreting it as a figurative use of guerre ('conflict, trouble').

s.

estre en wer de
1 to be in a state of doubt, uncertainty, confusion about: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Des altercaciouns taunt dure fu l'endurer De pees ou de la gere le pople fu en wer  404.1979
awer  werousté  werouster 
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