"wearnian" meaning in Old English

See wearnian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwæ͜ɑr.ni.ɑn/, [ˈwæ͜ɑrˠ.ni.ɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *warnōn. Cognate with Old High German warnōn (German warnen). Compare wiernan. Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*wer-|id=heed}}, {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*warnōn}} Proto-West Germanic *warnōn, {{cog|goh|warnōn}} Old High German warnōn, {{cog|de|warnen}} German warnen Head templates: {{ang-verb}} wearnian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wearnian<w2>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], wearnian [infinitive], wearnienne [infinitive], wearniġe [first-person, present, singular], wearnode [first-person, past, singular], wearnast [present, second-person, singular], wearnodest [past, second-person, singular], wearnaþ [present, singular, third-person], wearnode [past, singular, third-person], wearniaþ [plural, present], wearnodon [past, plural], wearniġe [present, singular], wearnode [past, singular], wearniġen [plural, present], wearnoden [past, plural], wearna [imperative, past, present, singular], wearniaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wearniende [imperative, present], wearnod [imperative, past], ġewearnod [imperative, past]
  1. (intransitive) to be aware, take care Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wearnian-ang-verb-53mHz8RQ
  2. (transitive) to warn, caution Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wearnian-ang-verb-RtX-EOSn Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: warnian

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "templates": [],
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    },
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      "expansion": "German warnen",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *warnōn. Cognate with Old High German warnōn (German warnen). Compare wiernan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
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      "form": "wearniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
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    },
    {
      "form": "wearnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnast",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "wearnaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "wearniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wearnodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearniġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wearniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearniende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewearnod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wearnian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wearnian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to be aware, take care"
      ],
      "id": "en-wearnian-ang-verb-53mHz8RQ",
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        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "aware",
          "aware"
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        [
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          "take care"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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          "_dis": "39 61",
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          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "...and gave orders to warn him, if he wished to live, that he should never be seen in the monastery again...",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\n...and hēt hine warnian, ġif he wolde libban, þæt hē nǣre on ðām mynstre nǣfre eft ġesewen...",
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        }
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        ]
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        "(transitive) to warn, caution"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwæ͜ɑr.ni.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwæ͜ɑrˠ.ni.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "warnian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wearnian"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (heed)",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
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      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *warnōn. Cognate with Old High German warnōn (German warnen). Compare wiernan.",
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "class"
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    {
      "form": "wearnian",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wearnienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
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      "form": "wearniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearniġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearniende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wearnod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewearnod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wearnian",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wearnian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be aware, take care"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
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        [
          "aware",
          "aware"
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        [
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          "take care"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to be aware, take care"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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        "Old English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...and gave orders to warn him, if he wished to live, that he should never be seen in the monastery again...",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\n...and hēt hine warnian, ġif he wolde libban, þæt hē nǣre on ðām mynstre nǣfre eft ġesewen...",
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        }
      ],
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        "to warn, caution"
      ],
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        [
          "warn",
          "warn"
        ],
        [
          "caution",
          "caution"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to warn, caution"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwæ͜ɑr.ni.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwæ͜ɑrˠ.ni.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "warnian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wearnian"
}

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