vern

• verna

From Proto-Celtic *wernā. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛrn]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvɛrn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvɛɾn]

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vern m (plural verns)

1. an alder, especially the black alder (Alnus glutinosa)
   • 2015, Roger Mas, “El rei dels verns”, in Irredempt:

     No el veus, pare, mirant de fit a fit / El rei dels verns, amb corona i mantell?

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• vern pilós
• verneda

• “vern”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛrn/, [ˈʋæɾn], [ˈʋæɳ]

From Old Norse vernd, vǫrn (“defence”), from Proto-Germanic *warīniz (“warding off, defense”), from *warjaną (“to ward off, defend against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, guard, heed, notice”) + Proto-Germanic *-īniz (forms abstract nouns).

vern n (definite singular vernet, indefinite plural vern, definite plural verna or vernene)

1. shield (anything which protects or defends)
2. protection
3. defence

• barnevern
• personvern

vern

1. imperative of verne

• “vern” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse vernd and vǫrn.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛrn/, [ˈʋæɾn], [ˈʋæɳ]

vern n (definite singular vernet, indefinite plural vern, definite plural verna)

1. protection

• personvern

vern

1. imperative of verna

• “vern” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.