"wiernan" meaning in Old English

See wiernan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwi͜yr.nɑn/, [ˈwi͜yrˠ.nɑn]
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. Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*wer-|id=heed}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*warnijan}} Proto-West Germanic *warnijan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*warnijaną}} Proto-Germanic *warnijaną, {{cog|ofs|werna}} Old Frisian werna, {{cog|non|verna}} Old Norse verna, {{cog|da|værne}} Danish værne Head templates: {{ang-verb}} wiernan, {{tlb|ang|West Saxon}} (West Saxon) Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wiernan<w1>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], wiernan [infinitive], wiernenne [infinitive], wierne [first-person, present, singular], wiernde [first-person, past, singular], wiernest [present, second-person, singular], wiernst [present, second-person, singular], wierndest [past, second-person, singular], wierneþ [present, singular, third-person], wiernþ [present, singular, third-person], wiernde [past, singular, third-person], wiernaþ [plural, present], wierndon [past, plural], wierne [present, singular], wiernde [past, singular], wiernen [plural, present], wiernden [past, plural], wiern [imperative, past, present, singular], wiernaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wiernende [imperative, present], wierned [imperative, past], ġewierned [imperative, past]
  1. to refuse, deny Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-wiernan-ang-verb-WkqpuC1j
  2. to reject, decline Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-wiernan-ang-verb-E9ID9QaL Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, West Saxon Old English Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 22 48 18 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 44 21 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 56 17 12 Disambiguation of West Saxon Old English: 10 75 9 6
  3. to withhold Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-wiernan-ang-verb-AK5383xr
  4. to forbid, prevent Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-wiernan-ang-verb-jldX4GI1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: weornan, wirnan, wyrnan Derived forms: forwiernan

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forwiernan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wernen",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wernen, warn, warne, werne, worne, wurne, wærnen, wearne, wearnen, weorne (Early Middle English)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "through the Anglian form"
          },
          "expansion": "(through the Anglian form)",
          "name": "i"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wernen, warn, warne, werne, worne, wurne, wærnen, wearne, wearnen, weorne (Early Middle English) (through the Anglian form)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wer-",
        "id": "heed"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*warnijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *warnijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*warnijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *warnijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "werna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian werna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "verna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse verna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "værne"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish værne",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierndest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierneþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierndon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiern",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewierned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wiernan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "West Saxon"
      },
      "expansion": "(West Saxon)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wiernan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If someone condemned to death desires confession, it should never be refused to them.",
          "ref": "c. 1005, Wulfstan, Laws of Edward and Guthrum:",
          "text": "Ġif dēaþsċyldiġ man sċriftsprǣċe ġierne, ne him man nǣfre ne wierne.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refuse, deny"
      ],
      "id": "en-wiernan-ang-verb-WkqpuC1j",
      "links": [
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ],
        [
          "deny",
          "deny"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 48 18 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 44 21 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 56 17 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 75 9 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "West Saxon Old English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reject, decline"
      ],
      "id": "en-wiernan-ang-verb-E9ID9QaL",
      "links": [
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ],
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to withhold"
      ],
      "id": "en-wiernan-ang-verb-AK5383xr",
      "links": [
        [
          "withhold",
          "withhold"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to forbid, prevent"
      ],
      "id": "en-wiernan-ang-verb-jldX4GI1",
      "links": [
        [
          "forbid",
          "forbid"
        ],
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwi͜yr.nɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwi͜yrˠ.nɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "weornan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wirnan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wyrnan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wiernan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
    "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-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "West Saxon Old English"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "forwiernan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wernen",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wernen, warn, warne, werne, worne, wurne, wærnen, wearne, wearnen, weorne (Early Middle English)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "through the Anglian form"
          },
          "expansion": "(through the Anglian form)",
          "name": "i"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wernen, warn, warne, werne, worne, wurne, wærnen, wearne, wearnen, weorne (Early Middle English) (through the Anglian form)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wer-",
        "id": "heed"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*warnijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *warnijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*warnijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *warnijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "werna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian werna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "verna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse verna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "værne"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish værne",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierndest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierneþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierndon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiern",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiernende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wierned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewierned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wiernan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "West Saxon"
      },
      "expansion": "(West Saxon)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wiernan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If someone condemned to death desires confession, it should never be refused to them.",
          "ref": "c. 1005, Wulfstan, Laws of Edward and Guthrum:",
          "text": "Ġif dēaþsċyldiġ man sċriftsprǣċe ġierne, ne him man nǣfre ne wierne.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refuse, deny"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ],
        [
          "deny",
          "deny"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to reject, decline"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ],
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to withhold"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "withhold",
          "withhold"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to forbid, prevent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forbid",
          "forbid"
        ],
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwi͜yr.nɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwi͜yrˠ.nɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "weornan"
    },
    {
      "word": "wirnan"
    },
    {
      "word": "wyrnan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wiernan"
}

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