væria
Old Swedish
verb
Definitions
- to defend, to protect
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse verja inherited from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (defend, ward off, protect, thwart, guard, defend against).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*warjaną
Gloss
defend, ward off, protect, thwart, guard, defend against
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- varjella Finnish
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *warjaną Proto-Germanic
- *warjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *warōną Proto-Germanic
- verja Norwegian Nynorsk
- verje Norwegian Nynorsk
- varask Old Norse
- verja Old Norse
- guarir Old French
- verja Icelandic
- (gi)werēn, giweren Old High German
- verja Faroese
- 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *warjan gmw-pro
- *werien Old Dutch
- guarir Old Portuguese
- weren Middle Low German
- *warand Frankish
- *warjan Frankish
- wæri Old Danish