y'ere

/jɜː(ɹ)/unstressed/jə(ɹ)/

A form of ye — You (the people being addressed).

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Meanings

contraction
  1. abbreviationcontractionobsoleterareContraction of ye + were.

    Pardon me, Sir, my Bluntneſs muſt go on ; By barb’rous Fears and Counſels y’ere undone.

    1702, Charles Sedley, The Works of Sir Charles Sedley, Bart, page 6
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    Rivers adorn the Earth ; the Fiſh, the Seas ; Flowers and Graſs, the Meadows ; Fruit and Trees ; The Starts, the Fields of Air thro’ which they ride ; And Woman all the Works of God beſide ; Yet baſe detracting Envy won’t allow They ſhould adorn themſelves ; then pray, Sir, now Produce ſome reaſons why y’ere ſo ſevere ; For envious as you are, you know they’re Fair.

    1709, Robert Gould, A Satyr against the Pride, Luſt, and Inconſtancy, &c. of Woman, page 8
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Chicago

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