Etymology

From Old DutchCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#WERNENCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#WERNEN *wernen, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WERNENCategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WERNEN *warnijan.

Verb

wernenCategory:Middle Dutch lemmas#WERNENCategory:Middle Dutch verbs#WERNENCategory:Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header#WERNENCategory:Pages with entries#WERNENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#WERNEN

1. to refuse
2. to prevent

Further reading

• “wernen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wernen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Alternative forms

• warn, warne, werne, worne, wurne
• wærnen, wearne, wearnen, weorne (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#WERNENCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#WERNEN wyrnan, weornan, wiernan (“to refuse, deny, withhold”), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WERNENCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WERNEN *warnijan. Doublet of garnysshen and warnysshenCategory:Middle English doublets#WERNEN; also compare warnen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛrnən/, /ˈwɛːrnən/, /ˈwarnən/Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#WERNEN
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈwurnən/, /ˈwoːrnən/Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#WERNEN

Verb

wernenCategory:Middle English lemmas#WERNENCategory:Middle English verbs#WERNENCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#WERNENCategory:Pages with entries#WERNENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#WERNEN

1. To deny or refuse; to reject a request or demand:
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Prologe of the Tale of the Wẏf of Bathe”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 62, recto, lines 333-334:

     He is to greet a nygard / that wil werne / A man to lighte a candle / at his lanterne

     He is so much of a miser that he'll stop / a man from lighting a candle in his lantern.

     Category:Middle English terms with quotations#WERNEN

   1. To refuse to relinquish or surrender something.
   2. To close off; to prevent from passing or entering.
2. To prevent or disallow (from happening):
   1. To challenge or obstruct; to be an impediment.
   2. To resist; to refuse to concede.