werian

== Old English == === Alternative forms === werġan === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwer.jɑn/, [ˈwerˠ.jɑn] Rhymes: -er.jɑn === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną. Cognate with Old Saxon werian, Old High German werien, Old Norse verja. ==== Verb ==== werian to use, put on, wear (clothes, ornaments, etc.) late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== āwerian ġewerian ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: werien, weren Scots: were, weir English: wear === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *warjan. Cognate with Old Saxon werian, Middle Dutch weren (Dutch weren), Old High German werien (German wehren), Old Norse verja (Swedish värja). ==== Verb ==== werian to hinder, restrain; to dam up to defend, protect "Widsith": ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: werien Scots: were, wer, weir English: wear === Etymology 3 === From Proto-West Germanic *weʀēn, from Proto-West Germanic *weʀēn, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to remain, dwell”). ==== Verb ==== werian to remain, continue, dwell ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== warian ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: weren