vǫrn
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *warīniz, from *warjaną, whence also Old Norse verja.
Noun
[edit]vǫrn f (genitive varnar, plural varnir)
- defence
- legal defence
- a point for the defence, exception
Declension
[edit] Declension of vǫrn (strong i-stem)
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “legal defence”): sókn
Descendants
[edit]- Norwegian Bokmål: vern
References
[edit]- vörn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.