Warn
\Warn\ (w[add]rn), v. t. [OE. wernen, AS. weornan, wyrnan. Cf.
Warn to admonish.] To refuse. [Written also
wern,
worn.] [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]He is too great a niggard that will wern A man to light a candle at his lantern. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]