Old English · noun

wearn

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /wæ͜ɑrn/
[wæ͜ɑrˠn]
Syllables: wæ͜ɑrn (1 syllable)
Modern English: reluctance refusal resistance

Meaning

reluctance, resistance
refusal

Declension

Declension of wearn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wearn	wearna wearne
Accusative	wearne	wearna wearne
Genitive	wearne	wearna
Dative	wearne	wearnum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *warnu, from Proto-Germanic *warnō (“warding off; refusal; warning”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (“to cover, guard, protect, heed, notice”).

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