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Old English · verb

ætrian

Normalised ǣtrian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈæːt.ri.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈæːt · ri · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
envenomatterpoison

Meaning

  1. to poison

  2. to envenom

  3. to make or become poisonous

Conjugation

Conjugation of ætrian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ǣtriġeǣtrode
2nd singular ǣtrastǣtrodest
3rd singular ǣtraþǣtrode
Plural ǣtriaþǣtrodon
Subjunctive
Singular ǣtriġeǣtrode
Plural ǣtriġenǣtroden
Non-finite forms of ætrian
Form
Infinitive ǣtrian
Inflected infinitive ǣtrienne
Imperative singular ǣtra
Imperative plural ǣtriaþ
Present participle ǣtriende
Past participle ǣtrodġeǣtrod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aitrōn, from Proto-Germanic *aitrōną (“to fester, putrify”), equivalent to ātor (“poison”) + -ian. Cognate with Old High German eitarōn, eittarōn, Old Norse eitra.

Descendants

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