rare. [f. WERE v.]
† 1. A defender, protector. Obs.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 2680. Moyses was louered of ðat here, ðor he wurð ðane egyptes were.
2. Sc. Defence.
a. 1878. Ainslie, Land of Burns (1892), 237. At guard an’ wier lay Andro Keir—He faught to haud his ain.
