weren

Etymology
From, from , plural past indicative of , and , plural past subjunctive of , equivalent to.

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  to hold back, to keep out
 * 2)  to defend oneself, to put up resistance

Etymology 1
From, from.

Verb

 * 1)  hold back, to keep out, to resist
 * 2) to prevent
 * 3) to protect
 * 4) to fight against, to oppose
 * 5) to object (in court)
 * 6) to refuse, to deny

Etymology 2
From, from.

Verb

 * 1)  to continue, persist

Etymology 1
From a conflation of, the plural indicative past of (from , the third-person plural indicative past of ) and , the plural subjunctive past of  (from , the third-person plural subjunctive past of ).

Etymology 2
From. Strong forms are analogical to, , etc.

Verb

 * 1) to, be  with