vǫrn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warīniz, from *warjaną, whence also Old Norse verja.

Noun

vǫrn f (genitive varnar, plural varnir)

1. defence
2. legal defence

   Antonym: sókn

3. a point for the defence, exception

Declension

Declension of vǫrn (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vǫrn	vǫrnin	varnir	varnirnar
accusative	vǫrn	vǫrnina	varnir	varnirnar
dative	vǫrn	vǫrninni	varnum	varnunum
genitive	varnar	varnarinnar	varna	varnanna

Descendants

• Old Danish: værn f
  • Danish: værn n
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vern n
• Faroese: vørn f
• Icelandic: vörn f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vern n
• Old Swedish: værn
  • Swedish: värn n

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vörn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 503; also available at the Internet Archive