varde

varde

1. illative singular of vars

From Proto-Baltic *war-, *wer- with an extra -de, from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-, a stem used to form words that imitate human and animal voices (compare vārds (“word, name”)). Cognates include Lithuanian varlė̃ (with a different suffix).[1] A different hypothesis derives it from Proto-Indo-European *word-, which also yielded with Old Armenian գորտ (gort).[2]

• IPA^(key): [vârde]

varde f (5th declension)

1. frog (small, tailless amphibian (order: Anura) which typically hops)

   zaļā varde ― green frog

   ezera varde ― lake frog

   purva varde ― marsh frog

   varžu kurkuļi ― frog tadpoles

   dīķī kurkst vardes ― frogs croak in the pond

varde

1. inflection of vardit:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

varde (?)

1. cairn
2. beacon

From Old Norse varði.

• varda (verb with a infinitive)

varde m (definite singular varden, indefinite plural vardar, definite plural vardane)

1. cairn
2. beacon (fire (to be) lit on a hilltop to warn about enemies)

   Synonym: vete

3. (fishing) a float

   Synonym: dupp

varde (present tense vardar, past tense varda, past participle varda, passive infinitive vardast, present participle vardande, imperative varde/vard)

1. to put up such cairns in the landscape

From Old Norse varða, from Proto-Germanic *wardōną, whence also English ward.

varde (present tense vardar, past tense varda, past participle varda, passive infinitive vardast, present participle vardande, imperative varde/vard)

1. (transitive) to guard, protect
2. (transitive) to be related to, have to do with

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

varde

1. past tense of verja
2. past participle of verja
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

• “varde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

varde

1. present subjunctive of varda; let there be (created)

• vader, vreda