"Wert in habit of" is a phrase not commonly used in modern English, but in Early Modern English, it was a common way of saying "were in the habit of." The phonetic transcription of "wert" is /wɜːt/, which represents the pronunciation of the word in Early Modern English. The spelling of this word can be confusing to people not familiar with the language, but it is important to understand the historical evolution of English to appreciate how it has become the language we know today.
"wert in the habit of" is a phrase primarily derived from Shakespearean language and may not be commonly used in modern-day language. The phrase is a combination of the verb "wert," the archaic second person singular past tense of "to be," meaning "you were," and "in the habit of," meaning "accustomed to" or "regularly engaging in."
When used together, "wert in the habit of" describes a state of being or a recurring behavior that someone was regularly engaged in during a particular period in the past. It suggests that the individual had established a customary pattern or routine and had become accustomed to performing a particular action or displaying a certain behavior regularly.
For instance, one could say, "Thou wert in the habit of rising early," to mean "You used to regularly wake up early." This implies that the subject had developed a habit of waking up early on a consistent basis.
Due to the archaic nature of the phrase, its usage may be limited to historical contexts or in literary analyses of older works, particularly those written by Shakespeare or his contemporaries.