wiernan

Old English

Alternative forms

weornan, wirnan, wyrnan

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

IPA^(key): /ˈwi͜yr.nɑn/, [ˈwi͜yrˠ.nɑn]

Verb

wiernan (West Saxon)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wiernan (weak class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	wiernan	wiernenne
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

Middle English: wernen, warn, warne, werne, worne, wurne; wærnen, wearne, wearnen, weorne (through the Anglian form)

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “wirnan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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