verna

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛr.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvɛr.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvɛɾ.na]

verna f (plural vernes)

1. alternative form of vern (“alder”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛr.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛrna
• Hyphenation: vèr‧na

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verna

1. feminine singular of verno

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verna

1. inflection of vernare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Possibly an Etruscan borrowing, though a Proto-Indo-European origin would suggest connections with Sanskrit वास्तु (vā́stu, “house”), Ancient Greek ἄστυ (ástu), Latin vās, Old Norse vist, all referring to "abode" or "utensils".

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛr.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛr.na]

verna m (genitive vernae); first declension

1. a slave born in his master's house, a homeborn slave.

First-declension noun.

• vernāculus
• vernīlis

• Italian: verna
• Portuguese: verna

• “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "verna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• verna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “verna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “verna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• Nerva

• vernet

verna

1. inflection of verne:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

• verne

From Old Norse verna.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛrna/

verna (present tense vernar, past tense verna, past participle verna, passive infinitive vernast, present participle vernande, imperative verna/vern)

1. defend, protect

   Det gjeld å verna om interessene sine.

   It is important to protect one's interests.

• verja/verje
• tryggja/tryggje

verna n pl

1. definite plural of vern

• “verna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From the root of vǫrn (“defence”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

verna (singular past indicative vernaða, plural past indicative vernuðu, past participle vernaðr)

1. defend, protect

• Danish: værne
• Norwegian: verne
• Swedish: värna

• “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “verna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• "verna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “verna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “verna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin