second-person singular simple past indicative of be / first/second/third-person plural simple past indicative of be / first/second/third-person singular/plural simple present/past subjunctive of be

Alternative form of wer (“man; wergeld”)

(fandom slang) The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.

lycanthrope, used with animal names to indicate a person who changes shape into that animal.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, it, were. / Used to indicate that a word or statement is perhaps not exact though practically right; as if it were so.

simple past plural of there be

Alternative form of if it were not for

If a certain condition were not met; used to indicate that a particular person, event, etc. prevented a certain outcome.

plural of were

(idiomatic) To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.