awarn

English

Etymology

From Middle English awarnye; equivalent to a- +‎ warn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈwɔː(ɹ)n/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n

Verb

awarn (third-person singular simple present awarns, present participle awarning, simple past and past participle awarned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To warn.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     That every bird and beast awarned made
     To shrowd themselves

Anagrams

• Anwar, Nawar