wern

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wern - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Warn \Warn\ (w[add]rn), v. t. [OE. wernen, AS. weornan, wyrnan.
     Cf. Warn to admonish.]
     To refuse. [Written also wern, worn.] [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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  Wern \Wern\, v. t. [See 1st Warn.]
     To refuse. [Obs.]
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           He is too great a niggard that will wern
           A man to light a candle at his lantern.  --Chaucer.
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