waernen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *warnon, from Proto-Germanic *warnōną.

Verb

wāernen

1. to equip, to provide with what is needed
2. to keep, to protect, to guard
3. to warn

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• wāren
• warnen

Descendants

• Dutch: waarnen (obsolete)
• Limburgish: warne

Further reading

• “waren(en)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “waernen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I