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Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wernā.

Pronunciation

Noun

vern m (plural verns)

  1. an alder, especially the black alder (Alnus glutinosa)
    • 2015, Roger Mas (lyrics and music), “El rei dels verns”, in Irredempt:
      No el veus, pare, mirant de fit a fit / El rei dels verns, amb corona i mantell?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vernd, vǫrn (“defence”), from Proto-Germanic *warīniz (“warding off, defense”), from both *warjaną (“to ward off, defend against, stop”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, guard, heed, notice”) + and from *-īniz (forms abstract nouns), from *-ij(i)- and *-niz (forms abstract nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *-nis.

Noun

vern n (definite singular vernet, indefinite plural vern, definite plural verna or vernene)

  1. shield (anything which protects or defends)
  2. protection
  3. defence
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

vern

  1. imperative of verne

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vernd and vǫrn.

Pronunciation

Noun

vern n (definite singular vernet, indefinite plural vern, definite plural verna)

  1. protection

Derived terms

Verb

vern

  1. imperative of verna

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