# varde
## Danish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Danish wardhe, from Old Norse varði (“defend”), cognate of English ward.

### Noun

varde c (singular definite varden, plural indefinite varder)
* cairn, beacon (heap of stones left as a marker, both for land and water)

#### Declension
## Estonian
### Noun

varde
* illative singular of vars

## Latvian
### Etymology

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). A different hypothesis derives it from Proto-Indo-European *word-, which also yielded with Old Armenian գորտ (gort).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vârde]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

varde f (5th declension)
* 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

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “varde”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN.
* ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 227

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

varde
* inflection of vardit:
** first-person dual present indicative
** third-person plural past indicative

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

varde (?)
* cairn
* beacon

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɑɖːə/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse varði.

#### Noun

varde m (definite singular varden, indefinite plural vardar, definite plural vardane)
* cairn
    Synonym: røys
* beacon (fire (to be) lit on a hilltop to warn about enemies)
    Synonym: vete
* (fishing) a float
    Synonym: dupp

#### Verb

varde (present tense vardar, past tense varda, past participle varda, passive infinitive vardast, present participle vardande, imperative varde/vard)
* e-infinitive form of varda (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

varde (present tense vardar, past tense varda, past participle varda, passive infinitive vardast, present participle vardande, imperative varde/vard)
* (transitive) to guard, protect
* (transitive) to be related to, have to do with

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

varde
* past of verja
* past participle of verja
** definite singular
** plural

### References

* “varde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish vardhe, from Old Norse varði (“defend”), cognate of English ward. Compare vårdkase.

#### Noun

varde c
* cairn (heap of stones left as a marker)

##### See also

* kummel
* båk

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

varde
* (archaic) present subjunctive of varda; let there be (created)

### Further reading

* varde in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* varde in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* vader, vreda