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Old English · verb

wiernan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈwi͜yr.nɑn/
[ˈwi͜yrˠ.nɑn]
Syllables
ˈwi͜yr · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
denyrefuseforbidpreventwithhold

Meaning

  1. to refuse, deny

    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.

    c. 1005, Wulfstan, Laws of Edward and Guthrum:

  2. to reject, decline

  3. to withhold

  4. to forbid, prevent

Conjugation

Conjugation of wiernan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular wiernewiernde
2nd singular wiernestwiernstwierndest
3rd singular wierneþwiernþwiernde
Plural wiernaþwierndon
Subjunctive
Singular wiernewiernde
Plural wiernenwiernden
Non-finite forms of wiernan
Form
Infinitive wiernan
Inflected infinitive wiernenne
Imperative singular wiern
Imperative plural wiernaþ
Present participle wiernende
Past participle wiernedġewierned

All forms (17)

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.

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