wiernan

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Old English

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Etymology

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

Verb

wiernan (West Saxon)

  1. to refuse, deny
    • c. 1005, Wulfstan, Laws of Edward and Guthrum‎:
      Ġif dēaþsċyldiġ man sċriftsprǣċe ġierne, ne him man nǣfre ne wierne.
      If someone condemned to death desires confession, it should never be refused to them.
  2. to reject, decline
  3. to withhold
  4. to forbid, prevent

Conjugation

Conjugation of wiernan (weak class 1)
infinitive wiernan wiernenne
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

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