What does "wern" mean?
Wern: To refuse. [Obs.] He is too great a niggard that will wern A man to light a candle at his lantern. Chaucer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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