- vernda
- safeguard* * *(að), v.1) to protect;2) excuse (v. sik e-u).* * *að, [cp. Dan. værne om noget], to protect, Fms. vi. 70, Stj. 68, H. E. i. 509, passim in mod. usage.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.