Where does wern come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

wern

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

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"Her name was Agape whoſe children werne All three as one, the firſt hight Priamond, The ſecond Dyamond, the youngeſt Triamond."
"T. Oi've yerd em sey, yo' wern aw lung-woinded at that teyme; wur it so, Rafy?"
"Through the falseness of that lither lad These three lives wern all gone."

From Middle English weren, equivalent to were + -en.

weren (alternative) wurn (alternative, dialectal)

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