The phrase "wert no more" is an archaic English expression that means "you were no more" or "you had died". The word "wert" is an alternative spelling of the past tense of the verb "be" in the second person singular, which is now commonly spelled as "were". The IPA phonetic transcription for "wert" is /wɜːrt/, where the symbol "ɜː" represents the vowel sound in "fern". This spelling variation reflects the historical changes that English has undergone over time.