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
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

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “legal defence”): sókn

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

References

• vörn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.