vern

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Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *wernā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vern m (plural verns)

  1. an alder, especially the black alder (Alnus glutinosa)
    • 2015, Roger Mas (lyrics and music), “El rei dels verns”, in Irredempt:
      No el veus, pare, mirant de fit a fit / El rei dels verns, amb corona i mantell?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋɛrn/, [ˈʋæɾn], [ˈʋæɳ]

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse vernd, vǫrn (defence), from Proto-Germanic *warīniz (warding off, defense), from both *warjaną (to ward off, defend against, stop), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to watch, guard, heed, notice) + and from *-īniz (forms abstract nouns), from *-ij(i)- and *-niz (forms abstract nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *-nis.

Noun

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vern n (definite singular vernet, indefinite plural vern, definite plural verna or vernene)

  1. shield (anything which protects or defends)
  2. protection
  3. defence
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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vern

  1. imperative of verne

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vernd and vǫrn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋɛrn/, [ˈʋæɾn], [ˈʋæɳ]

Noun

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vern n (definite singular vernet, indefinite plural vern, definite plural verna)

  1. protection

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Verb

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vern

  1. imperative of verna

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