wiernan
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
Verb edit
wiernan (West Saxon)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation 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 |
Descendants edit
- Middle English: wernen, warn, warne, werne, worne, wurne; wærnen, wearne, wearnen, weorne (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.