wiernan
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *warnijan, from Proto-Germanic *warnijaną, from *warnō (“obstacle”); related to werian (“to protect”). Cognate with Old Frisian werna, Old Norse verna (Danish værne). Compare wearnian.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwiernan (West Saxon)
Conjugation
editConjugation of wiernan (weak class 1)
infinitive | wiernan | wiernenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | wierne | wiernde |
second person singular | wiernest, wiernst | wierndest |
third person singular | wierneþ, wiernþ | wiernde |
plural | wiernaþ | wierndon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | wierne | wiernde |
plural | wiernen | wiernden |
imperative | ||
singular | wiern | |
plural | wiernaþ | |
participle | present | past |
wiernende | (ġe)wierned |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Middle English: wernen, warn, warne, werne, worne, wurne; wærnen, wearne, wearnen, weorne (Early Middle English) (through the Anglian form)
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wirnan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Categories:
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (heed)
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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