FromOld Norseverja, fromProto-Germanic*warjaną.

verja (third person singular past indicativevardi,third person plural past indicativevardu,supinevart)

1. todefend
2. toprotect

• verji (guardian, defender)

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrja/

  Rhymes:-ɛrja

FromOld Norseverja, fromProto-Germanic*warjaną.

verja (weak verb,third-person singular past indicativevarði,supinevarið)

1. todefend,guard,protect [withaccusative]
2. (law) todefend (represent [a defendant] in a court of law)[withaccusative]
3. toprotect[withaccusative‘something’anddative‘against something’]
4. toprevent[withdative]
5. toprevent[withdative‘someone/something’andaccusative‘from entering/taking something’]
6. tocover with a protective layer or coating (e.g. corrugated iron or a coat of paint)[withaccusative]
7. tomake use of, tospend (time)[withdative]

j=j

• (to protect):vernda,hlífa

verja (weak verb,third-person singular past indicativevarði,supinevarið)

1. (regarding money or time) tospend, touse, toinvest, todevote

• varið(adjective)

FromOld Norseverja, fromProto-Germanic*warjǭ.

verja f (genitive singularverju,nominative pluralverjur)

1. armour,protection

   Synonym:hlíf

2. contraceptive device, especially referring to acondom

   Synonym:smokkur

FromOld Norseverja, fromProto-Germanic*warjaną.

• verje(e infinitive)

verja (present tenseverjarorver,past tenseverjaorvarde,supineverjaorvart,past participleverjaorvard,present participleverjande,imperativeverj)

1. todefend,protect

   Kven skalverja oss no?

   Who is going toprotect us now?

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

verja f

1. definitesingular ofverje

• “verja” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

FromProto-Germanic*warjaną.

verja (singular present indicativeverr,singular past indicativevarði)

1. todefend
   1. (law) to defend a case

      Antonym:sǿkja

2. tothwart

• Icelandic:verja
• Faroese:verja
• Norwegian Nynorsk:verja
• Old Swedish:væria
  • Swedish:värja
• Old Danish:wæriæ
  • Danish:værge
    • Norwegian Bokmål:verge

verja f (genitiveverju)

1. defense

   Synonym:vǫrn

• Norwegian Nynorsk:verje

FromProto-Germanic*wazjaną, fromProto-Indo-European*woséyeti, of the root*wes-(“to dress, clothe”). Akin toGothic𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽(wasjan) andAlbanianvesh.

verja (singular present indicativeverr,singular past indicativevarði)

1. towrap,enclose
2. toinvest money,expend

verja f (genitiveverju)

1. outer garment,cloak

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

verja

1. genitivepluralindefinite ofver

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “verja”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at theInternet Archive

Borrowed fromFrenchverge(“rod”).Doublet ofverga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾxa/[ˈbeɾ.xa]
• Rhymes:-eɾxa
• Syllabification:ver‧ja

verja f (pluralverjas)

1. gate,railing(usually an iron gate with balusters)
2. fence(often made of trellis)

   Synonyms:cerca,valla

• “verja”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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