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Old English · verb

þringan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈθrin.ɡɑn/
[ˈθriŋ.ɡɑn]
Syllables
ˈθrin · ɡɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
constrictthring

Meaning

  1. to press, constrict, push on or through

    wǣron mīne fēt, · forste ġebunden, caldum clommum, · þǣr þā ċeare sēofedun. Hāt ymb heortan · hungor innan slāt merewērġes mōd. · Þæt sē mon ne wāt

    then it beats near cliffs. My feet were squeezed by cold, bound by frost, with cold fetters, when there we bemoaned sorrows. Hot about heart, hunger within tore a sea-weary mind. The man didn't know that,

    þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen

Conjugation

Conjugation of þringan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular þringeþrang
2nd singular þringstþrunge
3rd singular þringþþrang
Plural þringaþþrungon
Subjunctive
Singular þringeþrunge
Plural þringenþrungen
Non-finite forms of þringan
Form
Infinitive þringan
Inflected infinitive þringenne
Imperative singular þring
Imperative plural þringaþ
Present participle þringende
Past participle þrungenġeþrungen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þringwan. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian thringa, Old Saxon thringan (Low German dringen), Dutch dringen, Old High German dringan (German dringen), Old Norse þryngva, Gothic (þreihan).

Descendants

thring

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